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poem in parts

Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the wind licks my knuckles          again     again a church bell mouths out           another hour        now a memory the park loses its fullness      the last two boys playing catch leave as i pass i stand inside the yellow light      pouring smartly out of a street lamp   it digs my skin      […]

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Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the wind licks my knuckles          again     again a church bell mouths out           another hour        now a memory the park loses its fullness      the last two boys playing catch leave as i pass i stand inside the yellow light      pouring smartly out of a street lamp   it digs my skin     

wild persimmons

Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the first time we heard kwashiorkor, it was at an overdue panel hearing, descriptions of a ravenous body turning on itself, —a critical living condition, earnest thanks for another meal consisting of cassava and its steamed leaves. the second time, it was as a dated slur directed towards the

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Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the first time we heard kwashiorkor, it was at an overdue panel hearing, descriptions of a ravenous body turning on itself, —a critical living condition, earnest thanks for another meal consisting of cassava and its steamed leaves. the second time, it was as a dated slur directed towards the

mom makes time

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 a second home from a second homea quarter home with women their children their homes their husbands thereshe is parting relaxed hair sectioningrecipes saving dresses for sunday trades survival tips a grin a thank youa whitening toothpaste a lightening creambrings experience to thankless desks saving for boots for the

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 a second home from a second homea quarter home with women their children their homes their husbands thereshe is parting relaxed hair sectioningrecipes saving dresses for sunday trades survival tips a grin a thank youa whitening toothpaste a lightening creambrings experience to thankless desks saving for boots for the

Cover of Jennifer Grotz's "Still Falling: Poems" set over a black-orange background

Conversion’s Balance: On Jennifer Grotz’s Still Falling

The greatest gain that ere I knew/ Was made in the blackness of the night– St. John of the Cross There are at least two renderings of Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul, which was first commissioned in 1599 by a Roman treasurer, Tiberio Cerasi, for his familial chapel in the Santa Maria del Popolo. The

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The greatest gain that ere I knew/ Was made in the blackness of the night– St. John of the Cross There are at least two renderings of Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul, which was first commissioned in 1599 by a Roman treasurer, Tiberio Cerasi, for his familial chapel in the Santa Maria del Popolo. The

HYPERDREAM (THE WASP)

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Wendy Chen is the author of Unearthings (Tavern Books), editor of Figure 1, and associate editor-in-chief of Tupelo Quarterly. She earned her MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and her PhD in English at the University of Denver. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Algonquin in 2024. Her translation

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 Wendy Chen is the author of Unearthings (Tavern Books), editor of Figure 1, and associate editor-in-chief of Tupelo Quarterly. She earned her MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and her PhD in English at the University of Denver. Her debut novel is forthcoming from Algonquin in 2024. Her translation

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