Bio

Jena Whitaker studies 19th century French poetry and translation at Johns Hopkins University, where she is pursuing a doctoral degree. She enjoys reading, and occasionally writing poetry.

each ~ day ~ you hear ~~ auras surge ~~~ sound waves dancing in ~~~~~ hollow holes
~~~ spouting ~~ rings ~ stars ~ whirring ~~ echoing ~~~ from long, long ago ~~~~~ the
past sings ~~~ starlight ~~ airs ~ from ~ far ~ far ~ away ~~ centuries ~~~ before you
came here ~~~~~ to hear the songs of spirits past ~~~~~~~~ centuries before ~~~ you
came here ~~~ to see ~~ the ~ light ~ so ~ so ~ brightly ~~ cast upon ~~~ the trees and
the streams ~~~~~ centuries before you came here ~~~~~~~~ to hear the resonant
source, the aural soul of all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ even if ever so softly ~~~~~~~~ distantly
ringing~~~~~ from afar ~~~ from the ~~~ death ~ of ~ a ~ star.