August 2019, Iceland
A hundred people hiked in silence
To the last dangling melt of pure water
To what is now the lost language of ice.
A funeral for a dead glacier, white mass
Turned to dirt and scree under their feet.
Where is the turquoise blue, a child asks.
Upon Glacier Okjokull by Yvonne Higgins Leach
Yvonne Higgins Leach is the author of a poetry collection In the Spaces Between Us (Kelsay Books 2024). Her first collection Another Autumn was published by Cherry Grove Collections in 2014. She spent decades balancing a career in communications and public relations, raising a family, and pursuing her love of writing poetry. Her latest passion is working with shelter dogs. She splits her time living on Vashon Island and in Spokane, Washington. For more information, visit www.yvonnehigginsleach.com
