Ansley Clark
Ansley is a writer and teacher from the Pacific Northwest. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Colorado Boulder and is the author of the chapbook Geography (dancing girl press, 2015). Her work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Colorado Review, swamp pink, Bennington Review, and elsewhere. She currently works as the Director of the Writing Center at The Evergreen State College and teaches poetry and mixed media workshops at local community arts organizations, including Hugo House in Seattle. She lives in Olympia, Washington with her dog.
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Poem from Bloodline
The Wild Under the Wilderness
Touching the dune grasses and their tall glow an easy way to locate oneself I have a pile of something here elemental nouns which disperse like seasonal insects quinces poach in pink cinnamon syrup plant cuttings on the windowsill embroider water with soft roots and suddenly I am more committed to everything than I realized isn’t this just so consistently my weakness that I want to stay stay here I mean on earth accumulating these little houses and I tie this old childhood love around my waist while I wade out farther and I wade out farther
