“I hear it before I see a mass of gulls
dive-bombing the channel at the foot
of the falls, where a dark smear
roils like a storm cloud underwater.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Alewives in Their Thousands” by Judith Grey from Vol. 34:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Judith Grey lives in Maine where she is nourished by forests, the sea, and other wild places as well as her community. Journals in which her poems have been published include The Lyric, CALYX Journal, Blueline, About Place Journal: Practices of Hope by the Black Earth Institute, and Mezzo Cammin.