Minus Tide
Beneath the full moon
of a flashlight’s beam:
starfish hatchery.
Tiny five-armed stars
bed among sea grass,
the rocking cradle
of tidal current.
The expanse of beach
mirrors the black sky
and we, raingear-garbed
marvel at low tide
creatures, the moment,
of being alive.
Bio
Kersten Christianson is a raven-watching, moon-gazing, Alaskan. When not exploring the summer lands and dark winter of the Yukon, she lives in Sitka, Alaska. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (University of Alaska Anchorage). Kersten has authored two books of poetry: What Caught Raven’s Eye (Petroglyph Press, 2018) and Something Yet to Be Named (Aldrich Press, 2017). She is also the poetry editor of the quarterly journal, Alaska Women Speak.