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Annie Stenzel
Annie Stenzel (she/her) is a lesbian poet who was born in Illinois, but did not stay put. Her second full-length collection, Don’t misplace the moon, was published in 2024 by Kelsay Books. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in print and online journals in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., including Action, Spectacle; Gavialidae; Pine Hills Review; Rust + Moth; Sheila-na-Gig; SoFloPoJo; SWWIM; St, Katherine’s Review; Thimble Lit Mag; and Whale Road Review. A poetry editor for the online journals Right Hand Pointing and West Trestle Review, she lives on unceded Ohlone land within walking distance of the San Francisco Bay.
Lately, certain months decline their customary duty
Like this April, limping into May. You see me fallow, as though fixed rigid in the opposite season— leaves in decay, every blossom withered, chill descending deeper and deeper into the stiff ground. You see me un-inked. You see me empty-handed, fingers slack even though tools strew the table. Normally, April’s spring-fed rivulets pull richness […]
Scarlet gerbera
No leaf, no fern for company nothing but the bright of this red stands up to a dim that would engulf me. Moving stands third on a list of life-stressors, right after a loved one’s death, and divorce. Aren’t I too old for this? I’m quite as averse to displacement as I am […]