Josh Anthony is an M.F.A. candidate (please vote for me) in the Pacific Northwest. Josh has appeared in a fingerfull of magazines including Crab Fat Magazine, Gone Lawn, and Slipstream. Contact them here: joshdanthony405@gmail.com.
To Begin
from Vulture Tree
among the varied crush and chaff
Vulture Tree stands bare and fractaling
branches trace darkness in the path
where sky meets sight
to the north the spread of wings
sun so new and crisp shadows
you thought hawk until
until the multiples and eyes
blackened Vulture Tree from fire
a hill became pyre and we walk
close to get an idea of ruin
among the varied crush and chaff
woods and shrubs regain except
the Vulture Tree singing
through wind and creak