Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, I was scrolling through war photos on the CNN website. One image of a wounded Ukrainian woman haunted me until I returned to it and wrote “Chuhiv, Ukraine February 2022.” Writing the poem was something I could do to honor the woman in the photo, and the writing also became a way for me to “stand with” innocent people who continue to suffer the unspeakable trauma of war.
Juanita Smart finds her best ideas for writing while exploring local Pennsylvania game lands with her three dogs Gabe, Liberty, and Wilson. Her work has appeared in *Honeyguide Literary Magazine*, *The Watershed Journal*, *The Bridge Literary Arts Journal, Tobeco*, and the Pennsylvania Wilds website.