RW Mayer

RW Mayer grew up in Southern Oregon and has been an educator in Oregon and Washington. He lives in Seattle, Washington where he reads and writes, and fiddles with the guitar. His poetry has appeared in Untenured, The Closed Eye Open, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and others.

“Being,” “After,” and “Hunting”

When I was a child I went out to the long hedge
along the back of our property. I could crawl
in under the leaves and branches to the middle.