This poem first appeared in the San Pedro River Review, and can be found in the chapbook Shades of Isolation by Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka (Finishing Line Press) at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/shades-of-isolation-by-danuta-e-kosk-kosicka/
Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka is a bilingual poet, translator, and photographer. Her two previous chapbooks are the prize-winning Oblige the Light and Face Half-Illuminated. She has translated five books by the Polish poet Lidia Kosk and serves as the Poetry Translations Editor for Loch Raven Review. Her work has been published in many journals and anthologies, including Notre Dame Review, Poet Lore, San Pedro River Review, SLANT, Spillway, Tar River Poetry, and Tupelo Quarterly. A scientist born and raised in Poland, Danuta now resides in Maryland.
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