Featured Writer: Cara West

Iowa

Sue's blue Montana-made house
Nestled in the sun-stained plains
Girls gathering dandelions, boys playing
Bow
   and
       arrow
games
The place to bury
my remains.

Dear mother I am leaving. Dear mother I am off.
I have a lover in Iowa
But I am headed South.



Cara West is a New England native. She enjoys bocce on the beach and walks around the city. She attended Harvard University and has taught and lectured on a variety of topics.


Email: Cara West

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