Angels in Late Summer Sunset, in a field full of wild carrot, two lavender horses stood side by side beneath an old sycamore’s shade. They looked to be in deep thought, staring into distance. A daydream dissolved to ashes in twilight. Something was coming: their ears flicked; coats rippled electricity to their hoofs. Wide-eyed and shining, they turned to face each other with compassion, which was without pity or reservation. They galloped away— leaving me on the periphery of a world I wanted to know.
M.J. Iuppa’s fifth full length poetry collection The Weight of Air from Kelsay Books was released in September 2022; and, a chapbook of 24 100-word stories, Rock. Paper. Scissors., from Foothills Publishing in 2022. For the past 33 years, she has lived on a small farm near the shores of Lake Ontario. Check out her blog: mjiuppa.blogspot.com for her musings on writing, sustainability & life’s stew.
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