As It Should Be
Poetry
Across our creek sheep mow
the hillside, their scent
pungent as fuel’s fumes. But
they give back, nourish the soil
for next spring’s pasture.
Their instinct leads them
to linger high on the hillside
where parasite cycles
drain away with rain, making
what they munch on a patch
of Eden rightly theirs.
Nancy K. Jentsch’s poetry has appeared recently in Amethyst Review, Braided Way and Verse-Virtual. Her chapbook, Authorized Visitors, was published in 2017 (Cherry Grove Collections) and Between the Rows, her first poetry collection, can be purchased from Shanti Arts and online booksellers. She has retired after 37 years of teaching at Northern Kentucky University and finds a bounty of inspiration for her writing in her family and her rural home. More information is available on her website: https://jentsch8.wixsite.com/my-site.