Marcia Trahan

Marcia Trahan is the author of Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession (Barrelhouse Books). Her poetry has recently appeared in Two Hawks Quarterly and Cloudbank. Marcia works as a freelance book editor and holds an MFA from Bennington College. To learn more, visit marciatrahan.com.

“Pursuit,” “The Endless,” and “The Unswept Sky”

The hawk’s shadow follows me.
Some smoker’s tar coats my lungs,
all the tiny quivering sacs.