We’ve taken to sleeping
with open windows
curtains tied back by too-small
belts and the pulled sash
from an old bathrobe.
Cats curl deep by our feet
or the crook and nook
of knees and hips.
We fit like puzzle
pieces in a child’s game,
the four of us finding comfort
in the breathing of companions.
I have an 8:30 meeting but
instead of slipping out, toes
curling in the cold, I burrow
in and tuck my chin on his shoulder.
Rowe Carenen Copeland is a graduate of Salem College and the University of Southern Mississippi. When asked, she’d say that poetry has been her passion ever since she realized that words conveyed more than just the facts. Rowe loves books and words so much that she started her own business helping authors navigate the publishing business as The Book Concierge. She is currently living in Winston-Salem, NC, with her cat, Sylvia, and is happy to announce her poetry collection, In the Mean Time, coming soon from Neverland Press.
.Rachel Kertz was born in a small town in Missouri in 1988. While earning her degree at Southeast Missouri State University, she became interested in photography and began using her commutes as excuses to go on long drives through the rural countrysides, hoping to find locations and abandoned houses to photograph. She hopes to convey relatable stories in her images that speak to her audience on themes such as loneliness, love, exploration, and the feeling of being alone in unconventionally beautiful places. You can find more of her work here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atticgirl/