Published on 15 February 2019
Dear Ones,
Here is one of my early poems …
. . . . .
THE TIME WILL COME
A Poem by Alice B. Clagett
amongst her early works
The time will come – –
The last wild place
will be the freeway’s
edge
wild creatures’ ears accustomed to the noise
noses tuned by slow cull to tell
exhaust from predator’s
faint scent
. . . . .

Image: “New Leaves,” by Alice B. Clagett, late 1900s, CC BY-SA 4.0
Image: “New Leaves,” by Alice B. Clagett, late 1900s, CC BY-SA 4.0
Alice B. Clagett
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