Walking Latham Road
Blackbird flashes
through the bright green cornstalks—
piercing, full-throated trill
arresting you
on the hot asphalt as
all that rushes in
to fill you,
or you dissolve in it—
that red
on a black wing.
Bio:
Carol Sadtler is a poet, marketing communications writer, and facilitator of autobiography-writing groups. She lives in Bucks County, PA, and Chicago. Her poems have appeared in publications including Rhino Poetry 2015, Hartskill Review, Red Wolf Journal and The Tishman Review.