Alone<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The wind is cracking branches<\/p>\n
in its teeth<\/p>\n
It is running after me<\/p>\n
I am not afraid<\/p>\n
We are all going<\/p>\n
to the same place<\/p>\n
whoever \u00a0gets there first will have to wait<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“Alone” previously appeared in Rosebud.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Judith Azrael<\/a> received an MFA from the University of Oregon and taught for many years.\u00a0 The teaching included a three year position at Western Washington University \u00a0as visiting writer and\u00a0 at other colleges, community colleges and art centers. \u00a0 Her four volumes of poetry include:\u00a0\u00a0Fire in August<\/em> from Zeitgeist Press,\u00a0 Fields of Light <\/em>from Cassiopeia Press, and Antelope Are Running <\/em><\/a>and Apple Tree Poems<\/em><\/a> from Confluence Press.\u00a0 A collection of her stories and lyrical essays, \u00a0Wherever I Wander,<\/em><\/a> was published by Impassio Press. \u00a0Her work\u00a0has appeared widely in magazines including \u00a0Harvard Review, The Yale Review, Shenandoah, The Nation, The Sun, Rosebud, Humanities Review <\/em>\u00a0and The Christian Science Monitor.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alone The wind is cracking branches in its teeth It is running after me I am not afraid We are all going to the same place whoever \u00a0gets there first will have to wait “Alone” previously appeared in … Continue reading