Gabrielle Langley
SPRING EQUINOX: PANDEMIC
We bury our dead.
But what happens
when our dead
outnumber
the coffins,
the gravediggers?
The earth will know
how to use
this excess of bone.
Ghosts bloom
like flowers.
Even the daffodils
dance in this wind.
Gabrielle Langley has been featured in the Houston Chronicle and the Huffington Post as one of Houston's important emerging poets. Her debut collection of poetry, Azaleas on Fire, was released in March of 2019. She has won the Lorene Pouncey Award, Houston Poetry Fest's Jury Prize, and the Vivian Nellis Memorial Prize. With work appearing in a variety of literary journals, and three pushcart prize nominations, Ms. Langley was also a spearhead and co-editor for the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the global epidemic of violence against women (Sable Books – 2016). Working during the day as a licensed mental health professional, she safeguards her own mental health by writing poetry and dancing Argentine tango at night. Additional information about this poet can be found at www.gabriellelangley.com.