Ann K. Schwader

Desert Protocol

What blooms
bears thorns.

What howls
hears moon.

What lurks
endures.

What flees
is meat.

What dies
shall rise.

Ann K. Schwader's most recent poetry collection is Twisted in Dream (Hippocampus Press, 2011).  She is a former Rhysling Award winner and Bram Stoker Award finalist.  Please visit her at her web site, or check out her LiveJournal, Yaddith Times.