Colleen M. Farrelly & Cynthia Bale
Wrapped Up
I shuffle along the shore, hugging my sweater close and steeling myself against a Nor’easter’s gale. Whipped sand stings across my cheeks. A bit of snow swirls near the berms. Just beyond the beach, waves crash against a pier, gnashing at the town’s harbor like a triggered guard dog. But animals—even the gulls—are silent now, tucked away until the first sign of spring’s return.
a slate sky
hugs the horizon
winter blues
snowed in
she stages a revolt
knitting
an army of hats
in riotous colours
About the Authors
Colleen M. Farrelly (she/they) is a hybrid poet and mathematician who was recently profiled in Nature. Her first full poetry collection, The Haibun Laboratory, is forthcoming from Cuttlefish Press, and she has recent/forthcoming work in Rattle, ANMLY, MoonPark Review, and Modern Haiku. She’s also authored a book introducing her field, The Shape of Data (No Starch Press, 2023).
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Cynthia Bale now crafts and parents on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta. They are a 2025-2026 confluence fellow whose work has also appeared in haikuKATHA, Eucalypt, Chrysanthemum, and bottle rockets, among other publications.