The Unsettled Settler Settles
By Monica Day
Starborne: The Journal of Autocosmology, Issue 1, can be read in full at the above link. Each individual contribution will be shared here as well, one every week.
The Unsettled Settler Settles
By Monica Day
I am on hallowed ground that is not mine but that I inhabit share tend— and lately she feels familiar in a new way Maybe because the fawn sleeps in the fern bed every night maybe because we rescued the baby bird from the fenced garden while mama bird screeched overhead Maybe because we mourn the ones who pass greet the ones who visit know what they eat how they graze when they give birth Maybe because we say good morning Maybe because this new we-are-in-this-together-ness we-are-home-ness we-are-here-ness this-is-now-ness this-is-settled-ness finds me no longer precarious unmoored tentative Finds me here firmly lodged between the twin maples— my sentries pinning me to this blink of time and place and finally I accept without reservation
Monica Anna Day is a poet, educator, and performance artist. She has written and performed two solo shows, Song of the Sacred Whore and Falling into Love; co-developed and produced interactive immersive theatrical production, The Secret Order of the Libertines; and was the creator, producer and coach for the solo show festival, The Power of One. She has only just begun to submit her poetry for publication and most recently was published in the summer 2024 edition of Ovunque Siamo. Day holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from Mills College, an MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, and is working towards her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is currently Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching Learning and Mentoring as well as an instructor at Arcadia University and resides in Glenside, PA.