Lake Sunset
Katherine Edgren
Poplars tremble in the dying wind.
The loons continue to insist
on reasons for alarm, or longing.
We are surrounded with feathery pink boas
tossed and streaming across the sky
and improbable explosions of red—
the undersides of clouds, distant fire.
Katherine Edgren
Katherine has two books of poetry: Keeping Out the Noise, (Kelsay Books) and The Grain Beneath the Gloss, (Finishing Line Press,) plus two chapbooks. Her work has appeared in Coe Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Light, Hanging Loose Press, Orchards Poetry Journal, The Brussels Review, Third Wednesday, and Four Tulips, among others. She headed up a department at University Health Service, and served as a Project Manager through the University of Michigan, and as an Ann Arbor City Councilmember. She is a retired social worker and a grandmother of four.