Tasha Cotter's third book of poetry, Astonishments, will be released in 2020 with FutureCycle Press. She's the author of the poetry collections Some Churches (2013), The Aqua Notebook (2019) and co-author of the novel Us, in Pieces (2019). A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Bluegrass Writers Studio, you can find her on twitter @TashCotter or online at www.tashacotter.com
from MUSIC LESSONS
In flight
We grow like an unforgettable song
That is three minutes long.
Then I lose you in the air.
I say your name
But no sound comes out.
I watch for you
From inside the wound
Of a tree
Where I have learned to hide.