
PASTORAL
michelle gottschlich
Audio: Michelle Gottschlich reads.
In place of
this place now
just the day done
and a farm gentled by darkness
Out back I
found a ditch to bury the wretch
Come, lay
beside the shepherds wrestling
and this bright fire I built with
my bare hands. Tell me when it’s over my God
my God
Michelle Gottschlich is a Poe/Faulkner Fellow and MFA Candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia, where she also teaches poetry.
Originally published June 2020 in poiesis 1.1 by w the trees.