Laurie Robertson

Laurie Robertson is an Alaskan author who lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her debut novel is Crossing at Sweet Grass, a historical western romance fiction. It was awarded Editor’s Choice, from i-Universe, Runner -Up from Shelf Unbound, and NIEA Finalist 2017. Her second book titled, The Ascension Circus Comes to Town, is a poetry book inspired by circus themes in a magical town called Long Board Beach. 

Earlier this week I found a huge feather, maybe an eagle. It sits near the poem box. :)

The Eagle Feather

(From Crossing At Sweet Grass)

An eagle feather

dances with the wind and then settles.

It has traveled far

soaring across the prairie

and over mighty rivers.

Now it rests on a tree branch

and dangles before me.

I pick it up and brush it across my cheek.

Treasuring the freedom it represents,

I wonder about secrets locked inside.

Adventure has beckoned me

to escape dull farm life.

Fate has taken me to a rugged, wild land.

It is all survival now.

How could I possibly have known

the promises this feather held?

Until in an instant, wind picks it up,

the feather whirls away

and I follow it home.

— Laurie Robertson