What is a poet without her memories? What is a memory without the rememberer?
My two poems in the newest issue of Samfiftyfour explore the memories we yearn to forget, and the ones we’d like to carry with us forever.
I’d love to read the first poem to you today: “My Memories Need Me to Remember Them”—
You can purchase the issue here to read the second poem, “Judge Judy Teaches Me About Justice While My Sister Sleeps In The Crawl Space Under The House.”
Both of these poems are from the first section of my forthcoming collection, Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It. The section titled “Becoming.” The section about where and how we learn to love.
p.s. The Kindle version is now available for preorder as well!
Our monthly roundtable is this Sunday, June 28, at 2:00 p.m. EST, where we workshop four poems from four paid subscribers.
Our four workshop slots are already filled, but it’s not too late to join us as a listener and participant in the discussion. These roundtables are always generous, accessible, and deeply craft-focused thanks to this wonderful community, and I’d love to have you there.
You’ll find the registration link in the paid subscriber chat. In the event description on the registration page, you’ll also find the Google Doc with this month’s four poems so you can read them beforehand if you’d like.
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