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Jerome Gagnon

Jerome Gagnon

Jerome Gagnon is the author of the collections Refuge for Cranes: Praise Poems from the Anthropocene and Rumors of Wisdom, and a chapbook, Spell of the Ordinary. Focusing on contemplative and environmental themes, his poetry has appeared recently in Poet Lore, Humana Obscura, Spiritus, Canary, and Modern Haiku, among other publications. Awards include the Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, the Louis Award, and the TallGrass Writer’s Guild Anthology Prize. A former teacher and tutor, and an alumnus of San Francisco State University, he lives in Northern California.

Jerome Gagnon in Kosmos

‘What the Pond Teaches’, ‘Crow in a Persimmon Tree’, ‘One Morning’


These poems offer a contemplative passage through stillness, grief, and renewal. From the pond’s quiet teachings to the crow’s unexpected joy and the monarch’s morning-lit flutter, they gesture toward the subtle ways the living world invites us back into relationship, presence, and the possibility of ripening.


Published in Volume 25 Issue 6

Crow on a winter day

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