ooh ah oo
petrel
wings break cloud
celestial navigators’
greeting screeches
float hauntingly
across oceans
seafarers return to
unions made
squid stench slickens
entrances of
lava rock burrows
chilled in setting sun
darkness settles
dormant volcano
Haleakalā
house of the sun
awakens
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Leah Graham is an environmental educator and artist. She earned a Master of Science in Environmental Studies from Ohio University, researching nesting ecology of diamondback terrapins; a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology from Mount Union College; and a graduate certificate in Scientific Illustration from the University of Washington. She has served Kent State University’s Office of Sustainability since 2013, currently as Sustainability Coordinator. With her husband and children, she lives near the Cuyahoga River.
