amongst the tangled sumac,
the waxy-leafed-poison-ivy,
i found an old fire pit.
the stones circled a blanket
of moss, a fossilized social
gathering.
mouthless trunks
of trees whisper their
stories, oral histories
written from colonial drudgery.
the wind sweeps up,
blades rush, a nocturnal
sigh, the faded circle abrupt,
assimilated.
Sara Hailstone’s writing is born from navigating the raw and confronting connections that living in rurality projects by scouring domestic landscapes. She is an educator and writer from Madoc, Ontario who orients towards the ferocity and serenity of nature and what we can learn as humans from the face of forest in our own lives.
A graduate of Guelph University (B.A.) and Queen’s University (M.A. and B.Ed.), she has also finished her Masters in English in Public Texts at Trent University. Sara is currently a book reviewer for Cloud Lake Literary Magazine and Coffee and Thorn.
She is also Managing Editor for Great Lakes Review. Sara has had some poetry, short stories and essays published in The Writer’s Chronicle, Great Lakes Review, Common Ground Review, White Wall Review, The Quillskeeper Press, Spadina Literary Review, Sons and Daughters Journal, Turnpike Magazine, The Nashwaak Review, The Paragon Journal, Dead Eyes Literature Magazine, Collateral Journal, and Nabu Review. Sara has a debut novel titled Wretched set to publish with Running Wild & RIZE Press May 19, 2025.
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