This poem is from the chapbook Sanctuary at Unity Farm by Sherri Stepakoff (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/sanctuary-at-unity-farm-by-sherri-stepakoff/
Sherri Stepakoff is a Boston area poet whose poems have appeared in Passagers, Off the Coast, Notable Works’ environmental anthologies Voices of the Earth: The Future of Our Planet (III and IV), and elsewhere. She was awarded honorable mentions in the NFSPS Prouty Memorial Contest (2024) and the Fish Publishing Poetry Contest (2023). She served as the inaugural poet in residence at Unity Farm Sanctuary. Debut collection.
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