The Fox at Dawn

Grief: love without a house

in which to sleep and eat

-from April Ten  by Clayton Spencer

When I think of Clayton, I see us standing together on the footbridge across Troublesome Creek watching the muskrat come and go from its lodge on the little grass island in the middle of Troublesome. We stood a long time, mostly silent, bearing witness to the wonder of it. His work is like that- a quiet, steady witness to wonder. 

This line is from a poem in his first chapbook Concerning the Service, recipient of the Beyond Words Poetry Chapbook Awards 2024. 

https://www.beyondwordsmag.com/online-store/CONCERNING-THE-SERVICE-A-POETRY-CHAPBOOK-BY-CLAYTON-SPENCER-p716219106

Clayton will be living at the Hindman Settlement School soon as their Youth Literary Arts Coordinator. Oh, this makes my heart happy.

My Advent Tree this year is dedicated to my writer friends and teachers. I am so grateful for all the light you shine in the darkness. 

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