“What
to do on that unexceptional Sunday, our kids already swim-suited
and seat-belted, but go on, go on, and drive to Door County.
The rest of the ride silent except for my sounds, no one sure
if they’re allowed to have fun until they’re finally loosed
to the shadow-sharp air, their calls and accidental laughter
high as the wind-buoyed gulls.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Dispatch from That Day in Door County” by Megan Gannon from Vol. 34:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Megan Gannon is the author of Cumberland, a novel, and White Nightgown, poems. Her work has been published in Best American Poetry, Ploughshares, Notre Dame Review, and most recently in Atlanta Review, Boulevard, and Alaska Quarterly Review. She is an Associate Professor of English at Ripon College in Wisconsin.