Kirie Pedersen’s writing appears in Hunger Mountain, Emrys Journal, Superstition Review, Under the Sun, Still Point Arts Journal, Lunch Ticket, Juked, Eclectica, Quiddity, Cleaver, PANK, Catching Days, and elsewhere, and includes nominations for Pushcarts, Best American Essays, and other awards. “Getting a Life-Coming of Age with Killers” was selected as Notable for Best American Essays 2018, guest edited by Hilton Als. Additional writing can be found at www.kiriepedersen.com.
I wished I knew a word for the green of moss right when it starts up freshly in spring. I would lie down on it and roll around. I would pray to it. I would sing its name.