Today's poem is
"As the snow to the sun"
from The Manhattan Review
S.A. Leger
is a writer and ornithologist based in St. John's, Newfoundland (Ktaqmkuk). Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Pleiades: Literature in Context, The Hopkins Review, The Los Angeles Review, THRUSH Poetry Journal, and Conduit Magazine>. She was recently shortlisted for the Apogee Poetry Chapbook Award and was the runner-up for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award. Her best days are spent at a cabin in the woods with her wife and dachshund.
Other poems on the web by S.A. Leger:
"Bacteria costume"
Two poems
"Blood turns 'round"
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