Blank space
between train whistles
passing
empty river,
the swamp.
A stalled truck
at the edge of my eyes.
Maybe it’s love,
your shoulder pressed
against mine.
Terez Peipins is a writer of Latvian descent from Western New York. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in publications both in the United States and abroad. She is the author of four chapbooks of poetry and four novels, The Shadow of Silver Birch, Three Bonds Unbroken, Snow Clues, and River Clues.