went camping at bong state recreation area a month and a half ago. bong is a former jet fighter air base (named after richard bong, a wwii flying ace from wisconsin). after military priorities shifted, locals and then the state preserved the area and have been rehabilitating prairie.

two lunes and then an uncommon (for me) monostych below. and, i rarely do this, but hey if you dig the aesthetic here, please do consider supporting independent presses and poets and pick up my latest collection, be radiant, which includes a section of the sna poems.

pax inter spinas.

first id of beardtongue, valerian, and bluets.

a.

oak leaves in june sun

the beardtoungue

open to wolf lake

b.

freeze-dried espressso

fending off

the week’s weariness

c.

the hickory wood bobolinks