was a nest a bowl
for acorns, inchworms
and caterpillars
then, it became
a way
to drink water,
a way
to shovel sand
to hold tiny seeds
Today I grow
a sunflower out of my palm
or imagine
a painted sunflower
spreading across
my hand
—
Terri McCord’s latest published collection is The Beauts, although she is circulating a new manuscript as well. A Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee, her poems have been included in numerous journals and anthologies including the forthcoming Coast Lines anthology, Dulcet, Boats Against the Current, Slippery Elm, and New Square Review. She earned a literary fellowship (2001-2002) from the South Carolina Arts Commission, and she earned an MFA from Queens University in Charlotte. A visual artist as well, McCord loves to engage with language and the natural world.
