some have no interest in looking under gravestones for ghosts / don’t look there / there’s nothing to see / climb high enough in the branches of your family tree / there is a witch who narrowly escaped being burned alive /and a priest who didn’t / laundresses / bright smiths / gandy dancers / […]
Kerry J Heckman
Kerry J Heckman (she/her/hers) is a psychotherapist in private practice and writer based in Seattle, Washington. She is currently pursuing her MFA and Creative Writing at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University where she currently serves as the assistant editor and contributing writer at Soundings. Her poetry has appeared in Sonic Boom, Whiptail, and The Heron’s Nest, among other publications.