“Cicadas” by Hannah Jane Weber


yesterday’s storm tossed
sycamore skins everywhere
each thin curl of bark
thrums and sways with cicadas
who wear their music like gowns


Hannah Jane Weber’s poetry has been published in I-70 Review, Plainsongs, The Poeming Pigeon, Ponder Review, Rosebud, Slippery Elm and more. She is also a recipient of the Dylan Thomas American Poet Prize. Hannah Jane is a children’s librarian and tennis enthusiast. She lives with her husband and their golden retrievers.