The Owatonna Library

Submitted by Ronald E. Shields

A black bear rears up,
ponders the long ripple in the grass beyond,
the space of its wake in the grass behind.
A cold hard lamp comes on over the prairie.
Its echo shines through a window miles away.
The Lakota woman hands me a book
our fingers touch,
the footsteps of a thousand generations
pass beneath our feet.


Photo credit: Late Afternoon Prairie – Carlynne Hershberger

For the first time in nearly five years, Vita Brevis is closed for submission. Read the full story here.

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