In my aunt’s velvet covered chair, I paddle away (a diet I whisper) from double cream hot fudge ripple. From the steady kitchen cassette deck, our favorite Peter, Paul, and Mary as she blends for me last summer’s frozen blackberries with saccharine. A pale purple slush melts in the hollows of my cheeks. […]
Deborah Bacharach
Deborah Bacharach is the author of Shake & Tremor (Grayson Books, 2021) and After I Stop Lying (Cherry Grove Collections, 2015). Her poems, essays and book reviews have been published in Midwest Quarterly, Poetry Ireland Review, Vallum, Cimarron Review, New Letters and Poet Lore among many others. She has received three Pushcart prize nominations and a Pushcart prize honorable mention. She is a college writing instructor, editor, and tutor and teaches poetry workshops for children. Find out more about her at DeborahBacharach.com.