Between Stars
/Jennie Ziegler
NASA Caption: Close up view of some high clouds in Neptune's atmosphere
Author’s Note: This erasure poem was created from a 1989 photo caption from a picture of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 as it flew by the planet, following its twin, Voyager 1, on its way to interstellar space, roughly 12 years into its mission. As these spacecrafts are the windows to our busy and bright universe, we become their witnesses, their interpreters, and their confessors through the wondrous dark.
Jennie B. Ziegler completed her M.F.A. in Nonfiction Writing at the University of Arizona. Her work has been previously nominated for a Pushcart and has been featured in Squawk Back, The Normal School, Essay Daily, Appalachian Review, Crabfat Magazine, Luna Luna Magazine, Atlas and Alice, and Consilience, among other outlets. She has forthcoming work in The Washington Square Review and currently serves as the nonfiction advisor for The Talon Review. She often focuses on the body, folklore, science, and regional identity in her work. Find her at @InTheFourteenth and at jennieziegler.com.
