Daniel Gage

Daniel Gage is a Midwest born librarian and writer now living in Boston, Massachusetts. He likes transforming his brief musings on simple life and the great unknown into larger perspectives through poetry. He has previously published work in Big Windows Review, Common Ground Review, Delta Poetry Review, Hidden Peak Press, and elsewhere.

“Smoke Break,” “A Pinch of Brine,” and “I Eat Dirty”

The smoke runs thin
by mid-morning

The river is once again
worth waking for

I approach the water,
spread my arms,

wade,
then rise