Michelle Mitchell-Foust is the author of two poetry books, <i>Circassian Girl</i> (Elixir Press) and <i>Imago Mundi</i> (Elixir Press) and two chapbooks, <i>Poets at Seven</i> (Sutton Hoo Press) and <
I am not without my curanderas,
my baby book’s first page rumpled
with a new silver dollar I wore home
from the hospital over my ruptured navel,
the dollar my first gift