Charlotte McConaghy

It’s almost dawn when he takes this night and destroys it with naught but a handful of words, as most things are destroyed.

Once, it was birds who gave birth to a fiercer me.

GREENLAND NESTING SEASON

furred teeth. The

They’re like cheerful toys dotting the hills; everything feels smaller under the gaze of those imperious mountains.

a fireplace crackling in a central pit.

This is a place that makes you very aware of your powerlessness.

idea of following the migration of a bird, the longest natural migration of any living creature. But a will is a powerful thing, and mine has been called terrible.

people left her, and the only way to bear it was
proudly.

I’m studying the last of the Arctic terns.