In the Pueblo, by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

In the Pueblo
by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

doors of weathered wood
sag on hinges red with rust
as the darkness groans
sandals limp behind a cane
into soft adobe light

~Taos, New Mexico

Elizabeth Spencer Spragins is a poet and writer who taught in community colleges for more than a decade. Her work has been published extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America. She is the author of With No Bridle for the Breeze: Ungrounded Verse (Shanti Arts Publishing) and The Language of Bones: American Journeys Through Bardic Verse (Kelsay Books).

High Trails, by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

High Trails
by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

as thunder thickens
storm clouds stalk a fallen sun—
footprints of the rain
rest upon unwrinkled roads
and sink into their softness

~Taos, New Mexico

Elizabeth Spencer Spragins is a poet and writer who taught in community colleges for more than a decade. Her work has been published extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America. She is the author of With No Bridle for the Breeze: Ungrounded Verse (Shanti Arts Publishing) and The Language of Bones: American Journeys Through Bardic Verse (Kelsay Books).