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“She / nested in / an attic intake vent,” “Last night, I auditioned / seven pillows to play / the part of you.”
“Nesting” was originally published by Heron Tree.
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com.
Four poems on divorce and separation.
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com.
“I respect their art, their years of / gymnastics and dance classes” / “Fifth grade. David Polack called. / He had Playboys ”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
“The rodeo will return this summer / and I will think about entering that world…” / “They remember the summer / of nineteen eighty-four”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
“August burns in the room, / but I am ice, / words firm, / precise, / clear, and cool.”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
“1. Until third grade when Ms Salonga gave me a poster / of Jaclyn Smith, one of Charlie’s Angels, I believed my mom— / brunette, tall, and five years younger than Kelly Garrett—”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
“The room is quiet / apart from the A/C, / which would not be on / if I could open the windows….”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com.
