by a thread
the weight of the world
against blue sky

Publisher’s Note:

The photograph above was taken by the poet in 2019 in Paestum, Italy, at the site of several Greek temples dating from circa 500 BCE. She believes the ruins in this photo are of the Temple of Hera.

Peggy Hale Bilbro’s

roots are Western but she has lived in the South for 50 years, which helps shape her writing. Her poetry reflects her life-long interest in the large and small miracles of the world, from dust-bunnies to star-dust, from mouse holes to black holes. She finds pleasure in the creative challenge of translating those miracles into poetry.