Kathryn Kirkpatrick

Kathryn Kirkpatrick is a poet and a professor of English at Appalachian State University. Her poetry focuses on the natural world and the ways humans interact with nature, and the ethical treatment of animals.

Poetry

‘Every Secret Is a Little Casket’, ‘Death of a Neighbor’, ‘To Live’

Every Secret is a Little Casket When we got to my father’s grave, my mother apologized. Anthills puckered at the seams of the grave. Crabgrass hemmed in the nameplate. It was a flat grave, not high but deep. Another beside it with her name and single date seemed to wait,

VOLUME 2: ISSUE 2
SUMMER 2023