steep and sharp as teeth or the prongs of God's thorny crown.
The night throws a gloamy blanket down around her.
breathes out, and releases herself to her own wild soaring.
Rachel Heimowitz is an emerging poet living in Israel. Her work has appeared, or is due to appear in Spillway, Crab Orchard Review, Prairie Schooner, and Oberon Poetry. Her poems were nominated for The 2013 Pushcart Prize. Rachel is currently pursuing her MFA at Pacific University.