My husband says, I can’t go with you; we can’t fix this curse. I straighten a rag rug on my kitchen floor, grab my purse and keys. Our daughter’s dog bears witness to my God help us voice. Her heart will break if your arms don’t catch her. He quips, she has a sponsor. Love […]
Jeanne Bryner
Jeanne Bryner was born in Appalachia and her family was part of the outmigration. A graduate of Trumbull Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and Kent State University’s Honors College, she has several books in print. Her poetry has been adapted for the stage performed nationally and at the 2004 Fringe Festival of Edinburgh, Scotland. She has received writing fellowships from Bucknell, the Ohio Arts Council and Vermont Studio Center. She lives with her husband near an Ohio dairy farm.