PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MERCY
“We wait for a sign — I see each inhale and exhale / become all the moon phases she has witnessed.”
Christian Sammartino
Christian Sammartino’s poems have appeared in Yes, Poetry, Rogue Agent Journal, Apiary Magazine, and more. He studied religion and philosophy at Elizabethtown College and West Chester University. His poetry is influenced by life in the Pennsylvania Rustbelt near his hometown of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. When he is not writing poetry, you can find Christian hiking through Pennsylvania’s state parks with his wife Kelsey.