Thursday, February, 5, 2026: Bruce Morton's "Lava Field}

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Bruce Morton divides his time between Montana and Arizona. He is the author of Planet Mort (FootHills, 2024) and the chapbook, Olive-drab Khaki Blues, forthcoming from FootHills Publishing. His poems have appeared in numerous online and print venues. He was formerly dean at the Montana State University library.


Lava Field



Driving the Idaho interstate 

Where dark, rich soil nourishes

Potatoes destined for Mickey D’s.

Memories erupt, then flow, as we

Pass by lava fields. They are

Frozen in time, stark, heavy, black 

Rock strewn where it fell or cooled.

Basalt dull, blunt, hard. Obsidian

Sharp edged, smooth and glossy.

Pumice, porous and brittle. And I,

Ash from the father of volcanoes

Settle wherever I am. Memory spews

Never really dormant, vents heat.

Tremors still rattle me to the core.


© Bruce Morton

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