(Joseph MacRae, published in Mindful Poetry Moments, third edition, edited by Stacey Simms and Eddie Gonzalez, The Well (in partnership with NPR's On Being Project), 2022. From April 28, 2021, a response to prompt James Wright's "A Blessing", from On Being/The Well's Mindful Poetry Gathering.)
Where Wolves Have Slept
(Alaska journal, Noyes Island, 1993;
after James Wright)
It was hidden in plain sight.
On ground still warm, as
On ground still warm, as
morning wakens
where wolves have slept
a tuft of fur
left in wild deerhearts
It is a blessing.
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