Catherine Norr

Rimrock Sequence

Dry gravel terrain
Desert-holly buds begin
Cool breeze through hot sun

Desert sand fast chase
Two lizards in Spring
Bob behind prickly-pear

Neighbors watch progress
When will building begin?
Waiting through seasons

Rain mists thirsty land
cacti and juniper
Share pungent scent

Wind whistles through gulch
Horses, rooster, goats
Whinny, crow, bleat

 

Catherine Norr (nee Smither) grew up in New Orleans, LA. She now divides her year between Upstate NY and Northern Arizona, and  participates in a longstanding poetry critique group via Zoom. Norr’s poetry publications include a chapbook, Return to Ground (Finishing Line Press, 2014) and in journals such as Avocet, Evening Street Review, Orion, Misfit Magazine; Stockade Spy and others. Essays were published in The Sun and online at the SVAN (Sacandaga Valley Arts Network.)
She has been featured reader at Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, and founded and hosted the Open-Mic poetry reading at Arthur’s Market, Schenectady, NY, among other active involvements with the N.Y. Capital District poetry community.