by Bettina Pedersen


Thank you
God
for ocean glass
anticipating gloaming,
seducing me to
walk on
water too.


About the Author
Bettina Tate Pedersen is currently Assistant Professor of British Literature at Point Loma Nazarene University where she teaches Romantic andVictorian literature, women writers, feminist theory, and composition. Previously, she was Assistant Professor of English at California State University, Northridge. She has lectured internationally and published on nineteenth-century British and Canadian women writers. She shares life with spouse, Keith Pedersen, Assistant Professor of Music at PLNU, and with sons Kai Jordan and Soren Christian.