Lana Hechtman Ayers
Gaze
a haibun
When the moon rises above the horizon, casts its pearlescent glow,
no one complains that its light is second-hand.
every face
you meet
your own
Lana Hechtman Ayers has shepherded over a hundred thirty poetry volumes into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. Her work appears in Rattle, The London Reader, Peregrine, and elsewhere. Her newest collection is The Autobiography of Rain (Fernwood Press, 2024). Visit her online at LanaAyers.com.