Sam Taylor is the author of the poetry collection Body of the World. His poem “Snowed-In, Little Mountain Valley” was written while Taylor lived as a caretaker for a remote wilderness refuge that was snowed-in during the winter, without phone, electricity, or Internet. Taylor is an assistant professor in the MFA program at Wichita State University.

Snowed-In, Little Mountain Valley

An iPoem

When I open the door
to the cold night of stars
I hear the willows
crack as the startled deer

People on couch

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