Northern Sky by John Hansen

Hawks have two wings 

on a dismal spring day. 

In the evening, 

after winds stop begging 

at the door, a young man 

missing his mother’s cage  

wanders the northern sky 

on a single wing of regret. 


John Hansen received a BA in English from the University of Iowa and MA in English Literature from Oklahoma State University. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Summerset Review, The Pluralist, Philological Review, One Sentence Poems, The Drabble, PopMatters, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, Eunoia Review, Amethyst Review, and others. He is English Faculty at Mohave Community College in Arizona. Read more at johnphansen.com.

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