Liz Harms

Liz Harms is a poet and intersectional feminist from Arkansas. She is the Managing Editor of Ninth Letter which is housed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Liz’s full-length manuscript, OBJECT, was chosen by Juan Felipe Herrara as a finalist for the 2023 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry from Fresno State University. Her poetry was awarded an Honorable Mention by Tarfia Faizullah in Nimrod’s 2023 Pablo Neruda Prize. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming from Prairie Schooner, The Journal, Arkansas International, Nimrod, Michigan Quarterly Review, Crab Creek Review, and elsewhere.

ODE TO LEVONORGESTREL AND OTHER POEMS

Liz Harms

ODE TO LEVONORGESTREL Author’s Note: Levonorgestrel is the active ingredient in Plan B One-Step®, the leading brand in over-the-counter emergency contraceptive medication. This poem uses the chemical structural formula for the drug as a skeleton for the lyric exploration of what this highly politicized drug can mean to a person avoiding pregnancy. 116TH CONGRESS, 1ST […]

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By Liz Harms