Acts and Intentions

The intents and motives underlying actions or events are complicated. Poems like "The Fires," "Uchinanchu," and "Acts and Intentions," grapple with events that feel irreconcilable, unknowable, and at times, miraculous. Pianta is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in journals such as Nimrod International, Adirondack Review, Ekphrasis, Terrain.org, and Bamboo Ridge Press.