Medicine Poet Amber Williams

Tonight's poem was written by Amber Williams. Amber was born and raised in the Quad Cities, with a brief detour in Albion, Michigan, where she received a BA in Anthropology.  She lives and works in Davenport, Iowa, where her home seconds as my collage studio. Amber is a member of the Desoto Pottery Studio in Rock Island, IL.

Such Things

I remember long

ago, before my

Atheism kicked in,

when Grandpa took

me on the back

of his four-wheeler

through the woods

behind the old

farm house. 

I asked him

who rested this tree

in the crotch of that one,

keeping the path

conveniently accessible. 

He said

it fell that way.

I looked up,

as we rode under,

knowing he was

wrong.  Clearly,

someone had a hand

in the placement

of such things.