1190859 or This way of seeing

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This way of seeing
senses cave,

where darkness, backlit,
hisses sparks over

ash-hued crow
wings peaking

sickle sharp,
from river glyphs

on lightning-cracked
sandstone slabs.

From “The Next Sky”, Sherwin Bitsui

Poetry, March 2025, Diné Poetics, Guest Editor: Esther Belin; Cover Artist: Andrea Trabucco-Campos