I don’t want to go to heaven. don’t want new friends burrowing into my earth actions, net worth, fondness for Netflix. don’t want to learn angel-speak, or how to pious-party. One life was plenty. I’d like to return to all that is— become a banana tree, or meadow, or a winter-frosted stone, where seals rest. […]
Ellen Devlin
Ellen Devlin is the author of two chapbooks: Rita and Heavenly Bodies at the MET, both published by Ĉervená Barva Press. A full-length collection, The Light of Small Ones Blinking, has been published by Broadstone Books, 2025. Her work has appeared in The Coachella Review, The Amethyst Review, Mom Egg Review, RockPaperPoem, Beyond Words, and The Westchester Review, among others.