Poetry by Kersten Christianson
Soft-needled hemlock,
sculpted by edged breeze, you are
both branched, bare-barked, your
evergreen voice notes
a wooden, wild chime chanting
against trunked neighbor.
Tonal clopping, wood
on wood on wood, whispering
needle, shuffling dried
pages of gale, tea-
tossed fluttering paper, winged
winter hummingbirds.
Twinkled spell of fête, nip, rime,
you are welcome in our home.
Kersten Christianson is a poet and English teacher from Sitka, Alaska. She is the author of Curating the House of Nostalgia (Sheila-Na-Gig, 2020) and Something Yet to Be Named (Kelsay Books, 2017). She serves as poetry editor of Alaska Women Speak. Kersten savors road trips, bookstores, and smooth ink pens.
