Construction Literary Magazine

Fall 2020

The river undone,

The river undone,

Photograph via Flickr by Shane Gorski

         the faraway
crossing the cold rush,
         the sweet, slick stones.

         Trees leaning as if content,
the sound
         of this much water, passing
and less, later

         in iced surrender.
How do the lies
         find the shallows, how
do the fish refuse the sky?

Mercedes Lawry Mercedes Lawry has published poetry in such journals as Poetry, Nimrod, Prairie Schooner, Harpur Palate, Natural Bridge, and others. Thrice-nominated for a Pushcart Prize, she’s published two chapbooks, most recently Happy Darkness. She’s also published short fiction, essays and stories and poems for children and lives in Seattle.