How cruel the altar that christened you into a second body brings not-you before me to rouse you from my memory where I’ve let you rest a decade—more— as though you had died. Have you died I want to ask this woman with […]
Jessica L. Walsh
Jessica L. Walsh is the author of the forthcoming collection Blowdown (Small Harbor, 2026) as well as Book of Gods and Grudges,The List of Last Tries, and How to Break My Neck. Her work has appeared on the Best American Poetry Blog and journals like RHINO, Painted Bride Quarterly, Indianapolis Review, Crab Creek Review, and many more. Poems have been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, and Best of the Net. She received a BA from Kalamazoo College and a PhD from University of Iowa. Originally from small-town Michigan, she currently lives outside of Chicago and teaches at a community college.
Behavioral Health, 4:29 pm
Every waiting room is holy. As for me I need a priest or better still his Father who can give me both story and love without love stories. I need a sermon on a grievous sinner given over to sacred strength the one voted least likely to turn saint. Lately I see the […]