Chimera
Tonight, rain drapesthe blue acacia & the streetlights shimmer, shroudthe cars in shadows. My sick, who calls herself daughter, points at how the blossoms curl to cocoonsthen commit themselves to air. She wantsto know wherethe…
Bellingham Review Contributor
Luke Johnson
Luke Johnson is the author of Quiver (Texas Review Press 2023), A Slow Indwelling (Harbor Editions 2024) and Distributary (Texas Review Press 2025). Quiver was long listed for the 2025 Kate Tufts Award and a finalist for the 2024 California Book Award. Johnson was recently awarded runner up for the Robert Frost Residency through Dartmouth College. You can find more of his work at Poetry Daily, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere.