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Cristina M. R. Norcross

Cristina M. R. Norcross “Traveling”

Cristina M. R. Norcross Traveling Spirit slips through cracks— the open mouth of the universe, the dancing limbs of wood that bang in the wind, trying to find a way in. Cristina M. R. Norcross is the founding editor of Blue Heron Review and the author of 7 poetry collections, who likes to bend metal to her will, as […]

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Cristina M. R. Norcross “Carnival Ride”

Cristina M. R. Norcross Carnival Ride If I tilt my head, feet swinging on a carnival ride, I can catch a quick glimpse of the glow softly resting on my hair,but it is only a swift, quick recognition of what they see— this invisible line from lightbulb to lightbulb— from evening moon glow to sun-swallowed […]

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Cristina M. R. Norcross: “What We Hold”

Cristina M. R. Norcross What We Hold The only thing I could think about when I saw her perfect feet was the largeness of my hands, the impermanence of her smallness, and how out of practice I was for holding what ultimately can not be contained.   Cristina M. R. Norcross is the seafood-loving editor of […]

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