~ If a violin string could ache, I would be that string. Nabokov Mother whirls as we dance in our pink- flowered jammies waltzing to a ¾ beat across the living room. The violinist wears a white dress, her black hair wild with moonlight that willows her long arms—her eyes speak of edges with no […]
Alicia Elkort
Alicia Elkort’s second book of poetry won the Two Sylvias Press Wilder Book Prize and will be published in 2026. Her first book A Map of Every Undoing was published in 2022 by Stillhouse Press with George Mason University, after winning their book contest, and her chapbook Disturb the Bones was published December 2025 by Dancing Girl Press. Alicia’s poetry has been nominated several times for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and the Orison Anthology, and her work appears in numerous journals and anthologies. She reads for Tinderbox Poetry Journal where she also writes reviews. For more info or to watch her two video poems: https://aliciaelkort.mystrikingly.com/
Bitterroot*
* A small perennial herb that is able to regenerate from seemingly dead roots. I planted us like periwinkle, intending many seasons of bloom, faith in eternity in return. O friendship O wild woman, how you left me a brittle bog, burning. What was […]