PoetryEtc Featured Poet: Liz Kirby

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Leavetaking
For Emma


night of winds
above the moon
blow below

(my wide eyes
scan the sky)

moon only of water
mourn below

my wide eyes
scan the earth

the songs of children
rise without anxiety

I am leaving for the open
in the morning