A Hunger of Seasons

Ashes stir in bright snow—
clues, lying covered
without spring.
Rabbits gather at night,
for blood in feasting—
shifting, deep in soil.
From a moon of frost and scarlet
leap new beings.

Meg Smith is a poet, writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, Pudding, Poetry Bay,The Horror Zine, Silver Blade, Raven Cage, The Blue Hour Anthology, and many more.

Her most recent poetry books, Pretty Green Thorns, Night's Island, This Scarlet Dancing and Dear Deepest Ghost, are available on Amazon. She welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.com.

Meg's short fiction collection The Plague Confessor is available at megsmithwriter.com

Find more by Meg Smith in the Author Index.

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