It’s been a fine year; I think I, too, will prepare for hibernation by Spencer Folkins

January 6, 2023
Poem title: It’s been a fine year; I think I, too, will prepare for hibernation Poet name: Spencer Folkins Poem: I caught myself through a prism glimpse—serenade annual siesta and one more go-around a carousel which Copernicus might contest. Summer’s decay rattles in ditches as vehicles pass the dog and I mull over what’s sparked a lack of writing these past several months. I ask the dog again why she insists on stopping at anthills. I once decided pheromones, which obviously left me unsatisfied. There’s been an uptick in roadkill the past several months. It seems she likes the smell of dead things being carried, each morsel to their queen. These things aren’t for her but maybe she likes to imagine they are. I used to write to help make sense of things. There’s been not much rain - a bad summer for gardens. A good summer for patios. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Spencer Folkins Spencer Folkins (he/him) is thinking about stitching a poem onto a shirt tag. He has served on the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick’s Board of Directors and on the Editorial Board for The Fiddlehead. Writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Arc, QWERTY, FreeFall, Riddle Fence, HA&L Magazine, Feels Zine, The Madrigal, boats against the current, and elsewhere. Spencer is a graduate of St. Thomas University’s School of Education (B.Ed. 2021) and currently teaches at his local high school. Tweets @FolkinsSpencer