Bree Potter : Writing

The Stranger

The Stranger

A Poem by Bree Potter


I saw Time up on my path. His shadow leapt, his flesh drew down ditch and vines. He turned. His wrath Was wild. He wore a hollow crown. ..
Homestead

Homestead

A Poem by Bree Potter


Homestead Spring The house snug in pasture, manure and wheat. We�"a family with the dog with mud in her ears�..
Binary Opposition

Binary Opposition

A Poem by Bree Potter


Binary Opposition I would cry. And I think I have much to cry about, A young girl chained in the prison of himself. She is this ..
Circles: Four Haiku

Circles: Four Haiku

A Poem by Bree Potter


Circles: Four HaikuBig Bend asterisms spread like webs of spider eyes; Lights mostly dead. Shadows follow Feet. Feet through shadows s..
Bird Watching, Pt. 1

Bird Watching, Pt. 1

A Poem by Bree Potter


Bird-Watching, pt. 1 Note: the least tern is considered endangered in New Mexico and has been all but wiped out completely in several part..
Billboards

Billboards

A Poem by Bree Potter


An ekphrasis on a disintegrating billboard along a west Texas highway.
Notes to Doomsday

Notes to Doomsday

A Poem by Bree Potter


You won’t want to run. And the gloom of it Bites at you. There, in shadow, lie in wait the ones without the thing, the Flickering, t..
A Black and White: On The Jeffrey Pine by Ansel Adams

A Black and White: On The Jeffrey Pine by Ansel Ad..

A Poem by Bree Potter


An ekphrastic poem on Ansel Adam's "The Jeffrey Pine". I adore his photography. It's lithe, organic, tenuous, and delightfully free of pretense.
Elsewhere

Elsewhere

A Poem by Bree Potter


Written about a small, untamed woodland near my suburban home.