by Meg Freer
Brood X
“Nearly 3,400 species of cicadas exist worldwide. But periodical cicadas that emerge en masse once every 17 or 13 years are unique to the eastern U.S… Brood X is the largest of the 12 broods of 17-year cicadas, which emerge in different years.” – Scientific American
by soil by sip by stretch by shed
by collective clock by dirt turret
by soft light climb by curved needle claws
by carapace crack by hollow form by white string trail
by pale soft body by backwards dive by blood red eye
by seeping lymph by windowpane wings by high branch perch
by pulsing crescendo by thrum by tymbal throb by sonorous throng
by song
by song
by song
Allison Camp is a Washington State native living and working in North Carolina. She has a deep love for biology and the fascinating details that abound in nature. The natural world is her primary source of creative inspiration. Allison is a scientist by training and spends her days as a medical writer for UNC Chapel Hill. https://www.instagram.com/eclectic.curiosity/ https://allisoncamp.substack.com/
Meg Freer is an award-winning poet and piano teacher in Ontario, where she enjoys the outdoors year-round. She has published two poetry chapbooks and holds a Graduate Certificate with Distinction in Creative Writing from Toronto’s Humber School of Writers. She keeps visual images in her head for a long time and her inspiration for poetry and photography often comes from intriguing juxtapositions, clusters and angles in both the human and the natural world. Highlights of her published work can be found on her Facebook page.