Northern Sky by John Hansen
Hawks have two wings
on a dismal spring day.
In the evening,
after winds stop begging
at the door, a young man
missing his mother’s cage
wanders the northern sky
on a single wing of regret.
John Hansen received a BA in English from the University of Iowa and MA in English Literature from Oklahoma State University. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Summerset Review, The Pluralist, Philological Review, One Sentence Poems, The Drabble, PopMatters, Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, Eunoia Review, Amethyst Review, and others. He is English Faculty at Mohave Community College in Arizona. Read more at johnphansen.com.