Margie Duncan

Turtle loves its shell, that weighty carapace
that makes anywhere on earth a home,
 
and shell loves its turtle, the promenade
through any thicket toward adventure.

You’re my palankeen through brush and storm,
and I’m your speckled shelter from the beasts,

though there’s an argument to be made 
for the other way around. 

Margie Duncan lives and hikes in NJ with her husband, Brian, and the ghosts of two dogs, while their two soon-to-be-elderly tuxedo cats mostly sleep at home. Her poems have appeared in various places online and in print.