Erin Wilson

Genesis

 
We were born of a forest.

We give birth to a forest.

We were born of a mountain.

We give birth to a mountain.

We were born of water.

We give birth to water.

We were born of bears and wombats and fish and eagles,

stone and time and flesh and amoebas.

We give birth to these

and fire and death.

Erin Wilson's poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in december magazine, Tar River Poetry, Verse Daily, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Her first collection is At Home with Disquiet; her second, Blue, is about depression, grief and the transformative power of art. She lives in a small town on Robinson-Huron Treaty territory in Northern Ontario, Canada.