Poem of the Week

Alexandria Hall, a finalist in the 2018 Narrative 30 Below Contest, is a poet, educator, and electronic musician. She received her MFA from New York University and lives in Brooklyn.

Spring Cleaning

by Alexandria Hall

In March, fog rinses
out the summit
of Snake Mountain, draining
the remains of the Grand View
after seven minutes
of saturated browns and greens.
One moment the drizzled vista,
the next, high gray nothing.
Once a hotel, soaked with smoke,
now, clouds shifting
over a slab of foundation.

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