Poetry in this issue:
- Karen “KC” Christie, POETRY; HOPE; GRIEF
- Yariel Luna, Brutus
- Makena Metz, The MRI Machine is Like a Toaster
- Nicholas S. Racheotes, Canes; Subzero
- Angel Rosen, My Therapist Begs Me to Consider the Difference Between Collecting and Hoarding; In Wellness; We Need to Have a Talk
- Sayantani Roy, Uprooted; Tryst
- Jess Silfa, Keeping Up
- Ann E. Wallace, Hunger; Ties that Bind; Pressured Speech; In-Between Days
- Nuala Watt, Diagnoses; Why Am I Not Like A Swift?
- Liz Whiteacre, It could account for the panic
- Kristen Witucki, Mourning Dove: My Son’s Spirit Animal; What if I, the Mother…?; Sorry; To Ask for Food
- Kathi Wolfe, Sleight of Hand
- Rachael Zubal-Ruggieri, Micro Mutant Postcard #20; Micro Mutant Postcard #39; Micro Mutant Postcard #52
Editor’s Note: Each of these poems is accompanied by an audio recording of the poem. Read more poetry in the Gatherer’s Blog and Reading Loop published in this issue of Wordgathering. Translations of Karen Christie’s poetry from written English to American Sign Language (ASL) are posted on Wordgathering’s YouTube channel. (ASL Co-Translator, Dorothy M. Wilkins.)
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