Katy Z. Allen

Katy Z. Allen (she/her) is a lover of the more-than-human world, poet, retired rabbi of an outdoor congregation, former healthcare chaplain, co-founder of a Jewish climate organization, and eco-chaplain. She has been writing in one context or another all her life. Her poetry has appeared in New Verse News, The Jewish Poets Collective Poetry Journal, and 2025 Art on the Trails: Number 9, and is forthcoming in Bluebird Word. My poetic book, A Tree of Life: A Story in Word, Image, and Text was published by Strong Voices Publishing.

Her work can be found online at www.katyzallen.com

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► Katy Z. Allen's microchap is available below. Download the PDF by clicking the title.

Origami Microchap with Selected Poems

Along a Woodland Path

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Katy Z Allen CVR Along a Woodland Path 2026 Cover image from Pixabay

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Leaves

the breeze is light
the movement hushed

leaf still

first glance
no stirring at all

only deeper attention
reveals
even the smallest leaf
every leaf
even the largest

has kinesis of its own

Sunlight

dappled sunlight
in the fading of the day

rays long
as the sun nears the horizon
only a few gentle shafts of light
reach between the tall trees
soft pine needles
broad green leaves
illuminating the evening woodland
with enchantment
and unanswered
questions

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