Deborah Cummins

Deborah Cummins is the author of three poetry collections and, most recently, Here and Away, a collection of linked essays, one of which was listed as Notable in Best American Essays 2013. Her work has appeared in eight anthologies and more than sixty journals. Currently, she is board president of Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance and resides in Portland, Maine.

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Daybreak

Deborah Cummins  | 
Issue 67.2 Spring 2018

But there is no crash or shatter. Only a hush, a slow rousing, the eider ducks’ merest mutterings. Light seeps into the sky as though leaking from unfurled fingers, and here, delivered on an open palm, the bay against the …