Karen Chase | The Common

And Then It Rains

November 1, 2016 Issue 12, Issue 12 Poetry, Poetry

See the trace of someone’s hand
in the shorn branches, the tangle
of trees past the flat lawn.

March 9, 2015 Poetry

At The Common we’re welcoming spring with new poetry by our contributors.

April 1, 2012 Issue 03, Issue 03 Poetry, Poetry

My windowsill, that skinny altar
above the kitchen sink, helps me
combine death with wind,
and air with birth—
fire, water, time, dirt. 