Kersten Christianson
by Kersten Christianson
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Kersten Christianson derives inspiration from wild, wanderings, and road trips. She has authored Curating the House of Nostalgia (Sheila-Na-Gig, 2020), What Caught Raven’s Eye (Petroglyph Press, 2018), and Something Yet to Be Named (Kelsay Books, 2017). Additionally, she is the poetry editor of the quarterly journal, Alaska Women Speak. Kersten lives in Sitka, Alaska where she keeps an eye on the tides, shops Old Harbor Books, and hoards smooth ink pens.
Contingency Plan
There is not enough lightning in my bowl of paper fortunes to strike, kindle, blaze them into
action. Consider all the cookies consumed over the years! I’ve planted these paper wishing stars
throughout the house: between pages of books to mark favorite poems, in the kitchen utensil
mug on the counter, among windowsill stones and bric-a-brac. They’ve landed in the toe of my
sandal on windy days, surfaced in bathroom drawers, and in the console of my truck. I once
taped those with particularly poignant messages in my journal, only to burn them up on a
northern beach during a summer of healing. What is to be done with all these printed word
fortunes, if not to see them true? So, I have gathered them in a hand-pottered dish of eggplant
and teal, paper-weighted them down with an antique skeleton key, and bided my time, each day,
looking to harness lightning to strike.
Take that chance * Luck is
Coming * Get your mind set * You
Will soon * will soon * will
