A World to Live In

On this day I want to feel
each ray of sunshine
I want to live in this moment
from the prairie, within the water
between the clouds in the wind.
To let my body absorb it with each
its senses, to let go but not get lost.
Now, this moment and for years to come:
the afternoon light, sweet decay of autumn
a gift, not something conditional
every day on the earth, what if forever?

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TAK Erzinger is an American/Swiss poet and artist with a Colombian background. Her poetry has been featured by journals at the Latino Book Review, Indiana University, Cornell University, McMaster University, the University of Baltimore and more. Erzinger’s poetry collection “At the Foot of the Mountain,” (Floricanto Press 2021), won the University of Indianapolis, Etchings Press Whirling Prize for 2021 for best nature poetry book and is a two-time finalist. Her latest poetry collection “Tourist” (Sea Crow Press 2023) is also a two-time finalist at the International Book Awards and the Eyelands Book Awards. Erzinger was a writer-in-residence at the Art Centre Padula, Residency Programme summer 2023. As well as an artist-in-residence at Brisons Veor fall 2024. Most recently her first children’s picture book, At the Queen of the Mountain won a 2025 Golden Wizard Book Prize. She lives on the foothills of the Alps in Switzerland with her husband and two cats.

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