Rural Voices by Amelia Michelle Nicol

Rural Voices

Measures of separation
These mountains between
Stakes set by generations
Traveling the same
Wilderness between sunsets

These colors changing between
Red and Blue
These white lines drawn
To popularity, populace
The dwindling frequencies
Allowable dissent

An old dog kicked
Over and over again
Finally bites, draws blood
Watches the same lines
Drawn over dawn or night

Voice catering to amplified
Isolation values, out here
Same ol’ same
Discrete insignia, compass or scribe
These antiques that know my name

Working generations of soil
Of toil and worth
Spilling containment values
Necessary to freedom

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Amelia Michelle Nicol

Amelia Michelle Nicol is an autodidactic author/generalist. She's a seventh generation rural Coloradan, and she works as a mechanic with her family. She's previously published in Macrame Literary Journal and Grand Little Things.

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• Rural Voices by Amelia Michelle Nicol - October 23, 2025