Alison Spaude
ice refuses to be
solid lake space waiting
to slip into spring
beach rocks await the
fate of sand grains pulling men
into open mouths
stapled to a tree
grape vines spiral around me
earth's drunk on us all
Alison Spaude is a junior at Northland College, in Ashland Wisconsin. When not studying, she likes to spend her time sea kayaking in the Apostle Islands and hiking in the Chequamegon National Forest.