Bill Hollands

what has been

withdrawn hum
of air bark’s
pulse leaves
yellow or red
low branch a
foothold father
mother brother
bed of cool
dirt lost blue
scarf the sun
its      long    arc

Bill Hollands’ work has appeared or is forthcoming in such journals as The Greensboro Review, The Adroit Journal, Rattle, DIAGRAM, North American Review, and Boulevard. He was recently named a finalist for New Ohio Review’s NORward Prize and Smartish Pace’s Erskine J. Poetry Prize. He lives in Seattle with his husband and their son.