I imagine
this is what it’s like
to be a bee
standing on the inside
of a large window—
nothing but the vast
landscape of possibility
in front of them—
the invisible hardness
the only thing
keeping them apart.
Poem: LIZA DOCKEN earned her MFA from Hamline University while living across the river in Minneapolis. She is co-author of Hinge, a conversation between poetry and prose. The moon, birds, and love inform her writing.
Art: KAZUA MELISSA VANG is a Hmong American filmmaker, visual artist, photographer, teaching artist, production manager, and producer based in Minnesota. She is a lead artist as well as a teaching artist for In Progress, a Saint Paul nonprofit arts group dedicated to paving the way for new voices.
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