Peter Filkins


for N. H., in memoriam
Shy panzer of the swamp, atavistic
in your haughty calm, you blink at us
encapsulated in our swanky Prius,
crossing the road from the prehistoric

world you’re going to or coming from
to lay your eggs in the sandy bed
of tomorrow, knowing like the dead
that, however slow, it indeed will come.

And does, even if absent of you—
sanguine, curmudgeonly, immemorial
as mud, or the memory of mud

propelling you on as you cling to
your path through fan-tailed ferns that flood
our eyes with green heraldry, fresh and real.
from the book WATER/MUSIC / Johns Hopkins University Press
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"MacDowell Artists Residency Drops Reference Letters"

“We’ve been hearing for some time that reference letters are a barrier to equitable and fair treatment of all artist populations....so in line with our moves to increase equity and access in our culture at MacDowell, we’ve decided to experiment with dropping them as an application requirement.”

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