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At the Rim of the Horizon
Ruby R. Wilson
Tall stalks of big bluestem, stiff sunflower,
curled dock, fuzzy goldenrod
“November Bouquet”
and milkweed, whose feminine podsare turned, some up like a cupped hand
others down like an umbrella
some sideways, pregnant with seedsthat look like tiny pheasant feathers
each seed attached to a silky parachute
that will shed and floatwith every draft of air that stirs
to sparkle in the orangelight of the setting sun
I start with a cup of raw great northern beans
add carrots, celery, tomato saucesimmer, stir, and taste
“In My Kitchen”
I make poems sometimes
Other days, the poem starts with potato water
honey, yeast, and flour
These poems usually don’t last too long
but they’re delicious
At the Rim of the Horizon
by Ruby R. Wilson
Ruby Wilson writes of making poems in her kitchen: “with potato water/ honey, yeast and flour.” These poems are accessible but never simplistic. They speak to each one of us in their richness of detail.”
— Linda Hasselstrom, Dirt Songs and others: www.windbreakhouse.com
Also available at:
• Amazon.com• The South Dakota Agricultural
Heritage Museum• The South Dakota Art Museum
Published by Finishing Line Press
https://finishinglinepress.com/
In At the Rim of the Horizon, Ruby R. Wilson pays attention. She zeros in on remnants of the South Dakota prairie—its grasses and transcendent skies—to cull ordinary, beautiful moments for poems.
— Christine Stewart-Nuñez, author of Keeping Them Alive