My love writes shelter; I architect spells.
Word building bridges summons and sites
to make place. With cauldron models,
my love writes shelter. I architect spells
by conjuring lines my wand compels.
Casting material insights,
my love writes shelter. I architect spells.
Word building bridges summons and sites.
Poet and memoirist Christine Stewart-Nuñez is the author of Postcard on Parchment (2008), Keeping Them Alive (2010), Untrussed (2016), and Bluewords Greening (2016), winner of the 2018 Whirling Prize. Her awards for creative nonfiction include “An Archeology of Secrets,” which was a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2012. She is a Professor in the English Department at South Dakota State University, and the South Dakota Poet Laureate (2019-2023).