Boat

My son sleeps
the way a boat
comes free—

ropes thrown back
on deck, and the soft hands
of the water all around.









Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco lives in California’s Central Valley with her husband, son, and a big black dog. Her poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Right Hand Pointing, The Tule Review, decomP magazinE, and Paper Nautilus, among others.