February 20, 1834

New Bedford, Massachusetts
 
Dear friend Seth,
 
                                       my Father                                                             puts his

hand on your shoulder

                                                            remember

 

You can see                                                             ancient cultures
 
            whales

                        you will have stories
 
Your friend,
 
Adabel

 
 
 


Kristin LaTour’s full length collection What Will Keep Us Alive, and her most recent chapbook Mend (e-book, free online and in the link) are published by Sundress Publications. Her poems have been published in RhinoMassachusetts QuarterlyTinderbox PoetryAdana, and other journals. She lives in Aurora, IL.