Elkton, Maryland
Pat is an adjunct associate professor for the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). For more information, please see cloudstreetcomm.com
PUBLICATIONS:
Inherent Vice (Pecan Grove Press, 2011), poetry.
The Other Sister (Plain View Press, 2008), a novel.
Looking for Bivalve (Pecan Grove Press, 2002), chapbook contest finalist
Crosswind (Wind Canyon Books, 1998), a novel
cloudstreetcomm.com/books.htm
An osprey
nest, prominent
In a tree above the salt marsh
The salt
marsh, for miles,
Reeds, cattails, ice
An oyster-packing
plant,
A rotting pier
A sign
pointing to Shellpile
A single blue heron.
This map must be wrong.
—Patricia Valdata