Jeri Theriault

murmuration

 
the way surreptitious
slithers and ticks   
all slyness and stealth   
sibilant as aspens full
of wind  

susurration
oh slip   oh whisper   
leaf-talk    both
ear and eye reaping
iterations of song

and image   the way
a thousand starlings sing
one song    and sign
their single name
on sky

Jeri Theriault’s poetry collections include Radost, my red (Moon Pie Press) and In the Museum of Surrender, first place winner of the 2013 Encircle Chapbook Contest. She is the editor of WAIT: Poems from the Pandemic (Littoral Books). Her poems and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in journals such as The Rumpus, The Texas Review, The New Ohio Review, and Plume. A Fulbright recipient and three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, she won the 2022 NORward Prize (New Ohio Review) and a 2019 Maine Literary Award for poetry. Jeri spent six years of her teaching career as English Department Chair at the International School of Prague, and now lives in South Portland, Maine.

Learn more about Jeri at www.jeritheriault.com