United States, (contemporary)
To Lead a Pig Skyward
- I read a pig can’t look up.
- That you’ve got to gently
- tilt their heads back
- if they’re going to take in
- the night skies. I never
- led a pig skyward late
- at night in Pennsylvania.
- Earthbound is probably
- better. We all start
- getting ideas when we
- look up, and the pigs,
- they always seemed so
- pleased where they were,
- rooting in soft earth.
- No need to look up for God
- when the holy was there,
- beneath their trotters, cool
- below the autumn archer
- that was rising, lightly,
- on the eastern horizon.
About the Poet:
Samantha DeFlitch, United States, (contemporary), is poet, educator and Content Marketing Specialist. DeFlitch received her MFA from the University of New Hampshire, where she was also the associate director of the Connors Writing Center for three years.
She is the author of one book of poetry, Confluence (Broadstone Books, 2021). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rattle, Rust+Moth, Appalachian Heritage, the New Engagement, On the Seawall, Driftwood Press, Hobart, Colorado Review, The Missouri Review, and Appalachian Review among others
As a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, her hometown informs much of DeFlitch’s work, including the evolving relationship between land, people, and the divine. She now lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with her corgi dog, Moose. [DES-01/22]
Additional information:
- Samantha DeFlitch – Personal website: http://www.samanthadeflitch.com/
- Samantha DeFlitch – Portfolio: https://sadeflitch.journoportfolio.com/