Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young at heart and mind

is a prayer. The first
night of an arranged
marriage. A bright
cloak in the woods,
a silver moon.

A snow globe city,
tiny painted lights. People
inside houses, saying
prayers. The woods line
the bend. A moon against
the glass.

By Shanti Weiland

Shanti Weiland is a poet by nature but sometimes enjoys a visit to the other team's dugout, where she dabbles in prose. She received her BA in English from the University of California, Davis and later moved to the desert, pursuing a Creative Writing MA at Northern Arizona University. She then traveled to the humid and friendly south, where she earned a PhD in Poetry from the University of Southern Mississippi. She currently teaches writing and literature at The University of Alabama and lives in Birmingham with her partner and a menagerie of pets. Her e-mail address: