“That afternoon, I pretended
to be a cat—tabby, kinked tail.
And the finches behaved
accordingly.”

Enjoy this audio recording of “Autumn Again” by Catherine Abbey Hodges from Vol. 34:1 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!

Catherine Abbey Hodges is the author of three full-length poetry collections, most recently In a Rind of Light (Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2020). Her first book, Instead of Sadness, won the Barry Spacks Prize from Gunpowder Press. She is a staff reader for SWWIM and advisory editor for Anacapa Review. She lives in Springville, CA. www.catherineabbeyhodges.com.