Poem of the Week: “Ice Cave, Shoshone, Idaho” by Bethany Schultz Hurst

vprThe VPR Poem of the Week is Bethany Schultz Hurst’s “Ice Cave, Shoshone, Idaho,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2011-2012 issue (Volume XIII, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Bethany Schultz Hurst’s poems appear or are forthcoming in journals such as 5am, Gettysburg Review, Rattle, Smartish Pace and RHINO. She teaches writing and literature at Idaho State University.

Tuesday of each week One Poet’s Notes highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.