ISSN: 1941-4137
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Jessica L. Walsh is the author of the poetry collections How to Break My Neck and The List of Last Tries (forthcoming 2019) as well as two chapbooks. Her work has appeared in RHINO, Tinderbox, Stirring, Sundog, and more. She is a community college professor in suburban Chicago and the blog manager for Agape Editions.
Previously in Glass: A Journal of Poetry:
I’m Pretty Much Done Here
I’m Pretty Much Done Here
Poets Resist
Edited by Samantha Duncan
March 21, 2019
Edited by Samantha Duncan
March 21, 2019
He Says I’ve Made Excuses
I made payments
on four kinds of loans
I made a vow
to worse & sickness
I made a fine CV
I made charming conversation
with men on hiring committees
I made a secret bank account
for vacations or divorce
I made myself wait
I made myself a shapeshifter
I made a girl
then made a way for her
I made room at my desk
for crayons and paints
I made pillows
out of old curtains
I made a perfect lemon cake
brushed sugar glaze on it
every 5 minutes until it glittered
I made a woman laugh
in the last days of her life
I made it farther than my grandmother
though likely not as long
I made promises
I made it to the pharmacy today
before it closed
I made much of little
but not enough poetry
Poets Resist is published by Glass Poetry Press.
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