"The Drive" by Lucinda Trew

 – We are together, on a lovely, meandering road.

Standing still is a welcome respite.

Lucinda Trew is a poet and essayist whose work has been featured in Timberline Review, Broad River Review, storySouth, Eastern Iowa Review, Mockingheart Review, Flying South and other journals and anthologies. She was named a North Carolina Poetry Society poet laureate award finalist in 2021 and 2022, is a Best of the Net nominee, a 2021 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition finalist, and a Finishing Line Press New Women’s Voices chapbook finalist. She teaches at Wingate University and lives and writes in Union County, North Carolina. 

Author’s Talk

Lucinda Trew

Like most writers I know, I write to unwind the knots and smooth the frayed edges of life. It’s how I make sense of things, or at least make peace with the life events that may never make sense. 

When my mother was diagnosed with cancer and needed chemo and radiation therapy, we had the option of going to the big-city hospital in uptown Charlotte, or the smaller version in Monroe, North Carolina. We chose the latter. It was the right decision; not just in terms of the fine care she received, but the time we were able to spend commuting back and forth, taking in the seasons, slowing down for farm vehicles, railroad crossings, and conversation. Car time is good talk time, and we made the most of our long commute. The destination wasn’t one we desired, but the journey was lovely.—Lucinda Trew