How I Write: “Letter to My Long-Distance Lover in Which We’re Ross & Rachel”

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Today I’m sharing how I wrote and revised “Letter to My Long-Distance Lover in Which We’re Ross & Rachel.”

The poem was first published in a most auspicious month and year: March 2020 at THRUSH Poetry Journal. It’s a poem I was able to turn into something I’m proud of by completely breaking it, then putting it back together again.