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Andrea Scarpino

Andrea Scarpino's first poetry collection, The Grove Behind, was published by Finishing Line Press in February 2009. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is a devoted student of Catalina Island's bison, and is the West Coast Correspondent of the blog Planet of the Blind. She can be reached online at www.andreascarpino.com.

Ice Above, Water All Around

14 June 2009
Vol. 9, No. 2
poetry, prose poem

Below the ice, frozen air, hibernating frogs. My cheeks alive with the burn, my ears. I wanted to touch air, awaken the frogs from their sleep. A bitter cracking sound. From the bottom of the pond, I called to you.