Elizabeth Myhr

Elizabeth Myhr

The Evergreen State College, BA, 1988

 

Sample Work

Alders in Olympia

In spring, in mist,
they rise above the violet, low-
land valleys clear with rain
from sunken creeks of watercress,
unfurling fern
and newborn moss,

burning low and sweet
fresh emeralds of the year,
those fires once quelled
by soft rain slowly rising
to haunt the woods, pure, undimmed.

Beneath them looking up I see
the last stars netted
in stems of wine-red wood,
each tiny light framed
by an upturned glance,
chance, caught upon
the axes of the galaxy.

Publications

• "Deer," Prune Alley, Vol. II, No. 4, Spring 1991.
• "Silence," Gringo Grita, Aug/Sept 1991, Dominican Republic.
• "Coming Out," Anything That Moves, Issue #4, 1992.
• "Les Mystere Des Voix Bulgares," Wildflower, No. 83, March 1992.
• "Alchemy," Wildflower, No. 84, April, 1992.
• "Carp," Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol. II, No. 3 & 4, Spring/Summer, 1993.
• "Spring Fishing" and "Heartland," Oklahoma Anthology Â’96, Muse Productions, 1996.
• "Blue Arms," Prune Alley, 1996.
• "Birch Leaf X 10," Quantum Tao, Vol. 3, 1998, Blue Heron Press.
• "San Juan Rhapsody" and "Les Mystere Des Voix Bulgares," Kimera, December1998.

Awards

• Honorable Mention, Eighth Annual John David Johnson Poetry Contest, Fall/Winter 1994-95, Mukilteo Beach.
• Recipient, 1997 GAP Grant Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington.
• Artist-in-Residence, Centrum, Port Townsend, Washington, April 1998.