‘On the Gobi’

Photographer - Tobi Brun

On the Gobi

steaming goat’s milk
&, supple buuz dumplings
as sunlight streams through
the ger: there are camels
to be milked, floor to be swept
cattles and horses to be attended
before dusky sunset
when gobi is painted crimson
& we dance in the fading light

Erin Jamieson’s writing has been published in over eighty literary magazines, including two Pushcart Prize nominations. Her poetry chapbook, Fairytales, was published by Bottlecap Press and her most recent chapbook, Remnants, came out in 2024. Her debut novel (Sky of Ashes, Land of Dreams) came out November 2023.