The Fourth River is grateful for the NEA Big Read’s support for our Spring 2022 “HOME” issue.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
There are / no snowmen / in the desert / where life is / seldom frozen ...
but you can call me pill bug / sow bug / cellar bug / even though I’m not a bug / but a perfect circle / from the sea…”
“Why do I always seem to return to the sea? / Every time I pick up my pen, salt water pours out, soaks the page…”