A poem from Terri Kirby Erickson about a pair of old, married mallard ducks.
by Terri Kirby Erickson | illustration by Jeffery Cates

Terri Kirby Erickson’s seventh book of poetry, Night Talks: New & Selected Poems, will be released in October 2023.

Jeffrey Cates is a painter and print-maker who lives in Winston-Salem, NC.

This article originally appeared in the May 2023 issue of WALTER magazine.