- t.m thomson
Man in the Woods
The night sky peppered
with salty stars—its moon bulb
lights field and root
and moss laced with mist
so that the man with the briefcase
cannot see his feet where he’s been
where he’ll go if he enters
these woods of heavily-robed
trees. He sees limbs a flutter
of spiky hands or feathered hair
in love with wind
but nothing absolute.
Ivory-pink flowers softly glowing—
they shed teeth and curved
claws like dragon fledglings
at the edges the beginnings
of these barely-lit woods
and O how they grin
jaggedly.
Three of t.m. thomson’s poems have been nominated for Pushcart Awards. She is co-author of Frame and Mount the Sky (2017) and author of Strum and Lull (2019), which placed in Golden Walkman’s 2017 chapbook competition, and The Profusion (2019). Her passions include kickboxing, playing in mud, and savoring art.
Cynthia Yatchman is a Seattle based artist and art instructor. With an M.A. in child development and a B. A. in education, she has a strong interest in art education and teaches art to adults, children and families in Seattle. A former ceramicist, she studied with J.T. Abernathy in Ann Arbor, MI., though after receiving her B.F.A. in painting from the University of Washington she switched from 3D art to 2D and has stayed there since, working primarily on paintings, prints and collages. Her art is housed in numerous public and private collections and has been shown nationally in California, Connecticut, New York, Indiana, Michigan, Oregon and Wyoming. She has exhibited extensively in the Northwest, including shows at Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, Shoreline Community College, the Tacoma and Seattle Convention Centers and the Pacific Science Center. She is an affiliate member of Gallery 110 and is a member of the Seattle Print Art Association and COCA (Center of Contemporary Art).