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Staying in Northern Minnesota on Bass Lake
JoAnne Tillemans
I swim
slowly
cross ripples of deep blue
fading,
towards a bird
low
on my horizon,
towards the sound
of a Common Loon
calling.
I try to reach it
never quite reach it.
Treading
still
it's far away
still
if I traveled
all this way
for this.
It has been worth it.
About the Author
JoAnne Tillemans has been published in Mid-American Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, CALYX, as well as the Anhinga Press anthology, Rumors, Secrets & Lies, Poems About Pregnancy, Abortion & Choice. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University and an MBA from Stanford. She grew up in small upper Midwest prairie towns, was a modern dancer in New York, and a banker in London. Her website is https://joannetillemanswriter.com/.
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