
On the other side of the river / there is a flame / a flame / burning May burning August . . . .
a poet looks to her / a farmer looks to her / a Dialectical Materialist looks to her / she is on the other side of the river, burning….
“The Other Side of the River” by Xi Chaun
* Photo credit: my son, 16, a young man with an eye for hidden treasures.
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About Christi Craig
Christi Craig is a native Texan living in Wisconsin, working by day as a sign language interpreter and moonlighting as a writer, teacher, and editor. Her stories and essays have appeared online and in print, and she received an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train's Family Matters Contest, 2010.
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A perfect photograph by your son. It goes so well with the poem.