At the Rim of the Horizon

1. At the Rim of the Horizon Ruby R. Wilson

2. “November Bouquet” Tall stalks of big bluestem, stiff sunflower, curled dock, fuzzy goldenrod

3. and milkweed, whose feminine pods are turned, some up like a cupped hand

4. others down like an umbrella

5. some sideways, pregnant with seeds that look like tiny pheasant feathers

6. each seed attached to a silky parachute that will shed and float with every draft of air that stirs

7. to sparkle in the orange light of the setting sun

8. “In My Kitchen” I make poems sometimes I start with a cup of raw great northern beans add carrots, celery, tomato sauce simmer, stir, and taste

9. Other days, the poem starts with potato water honey, yeast, and flour

10. These poems usually don’t last too long but they’re delicious

11. At the Rim of the Horizon by Ruby R. Wilson • In At the Rim of the Horizon, Ruby R. Wilson pays attention. She zeros in on remnants of the South Dakota prairie—its grasses and transcendent skies—to cull ordinary, beautiful moments for poems. • — Christine Stewart-Nuñez, author of Keeping Them Alive • Ruby Wilson writes of making poems in her kitchen: “with potato water/ honey, yeast and flour.” These poems are accessible but never simplistic. They speak to each one of us in their richness of detail.” — Linda Hasselstrom, Dirt Songs and others: www.windbreakhouse.com • Also available at: • Amazon.com • The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum • The South Dakota Art Museum Published by Finishing Line Press https://finishinglinepress.com/