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Raquel Santanera
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At the Base of the Marsh
Do butterburs follow a religion, a particular day of the week when they take time to meditate or pray instead of photosynthesize? What does a butterbur believe in-- a single God or as many higher powers as exist in the clouds of a mackerel sky? Which spiritual realm lays in the shade of their stems, their wooly under beards? In the way of leaves like a minyan of Hassids davening, could I learn to be devout?
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Susan Rich is the author of six poetry collections including Blue Atlas, Gallery of Postcards and Maps (New and Selected), Cloud Pharmacy, The Alchemist’s Kitchen, Cures Include Travel, and The Cartographer’s Tongue, winner of the PEN Award for Poetry. She is also co-editor of Demystifying the Manuscript: Essays and Interviews on How to Create a Book of Poems and Strangest of Theatres: Poets Crossing Borders. Her awards and fellowships include: Artist Trust, Fulbright Foundation, The Times Literary Supplement (of London) and 4Culture. Rich’s poems have been published in all 50 U.S. States and one district including New England Review, Ploughshares, and World Literature Today. Susan is tenured faculty at Highline College and directs Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Retreat for Women, now in its 15th year. She is editor of the forthcoming anthology is Birdbrains: A Lyrical Guide to Washington State Birds, forthcoming December 2025. Other work has been published in journals and newspapers in seven countries.
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