of wild and ferment rumspringa all together letting go of exactness of meet and right of should and should and should Yes to effervescence to the fizz of earthy-watery kapha dosha Run we run with the millions of fresh-born through warming dirt we run like calves in long-grass bluestem pastures immeasurable host festering world of fat new sprouts purple coneflower holy wild prairie calling us home to feast on green the green that only fire after winter can bring

Mary Buchinger is the author of four collections of poetry:  Navigating the Reach (forthcoming), e i n f ü h l u n g/in feeling(2018), Aerialist (2015) and Roomful of Sparrows (2008). She is president of the New England Poetry Club and Professor of English and communication studies at MCPHS University in Boston. Her work has appeared in AGNI, Diagram, Gargoyle, Nimrod, PANK, Salamander, Slice Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere; her website is www.MaryBuchinger.com. 

A Song for Mary