Hawks’ Hollow

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︎︎︎ Joe Phelan

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︎ July 20, 2026

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See them buffeted
by cross-prairie gusts.

They nearly buckle,
but recoil.

Big-blue-stems,
billowing bronze.

With a glance, I partake
of their mendicant rule.

Wheel to the west,
a beggar too.

Joe Phelan is a writer in Chicagoland.