“If I could just get one thing done
If I could set the to do list on fire
If I could create a clearing
I might hear the Japanese maple outside the window
whispering in stillness and light”
Enjoy this audio recording of “The Maple” by Emily Mohn-Slate from Vol. 34:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Emily Mohn-Slate is the author of THE FALLS (New American Press, 2020), and FEED (Seven Kitchens Press, 2019). Her poems and essays can be found in AGNI, New Ohio Review, The Adroit Journal, The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.