I packed
so high
in the light
I practice
for what
until what
is an object
To cast
becomes invisible
To cradle light
spindle refracts rays
switchgrass
the grass
switch my wrist
with you and
to hold
not
until
as lightly as I find I
among the mountains
air I will to be you here
the cast
touch
is caught
opening
a lightness
in light
hosts
of you
in wind
in bundles
for wind
to hold what is
what is
the caught
I am the
I could with with me I lost in ice fog a ghost To recast I switch wind and light light
a mist
casting what
and kept
thread
glass
I gather
until I am
and is
lost
you gone
light
object
the openthing nothing nestto be where breath () () )( )(
Jenny Maaketo (she/her) is a neurodivergent writer, psychiatric nurse, and former professional actress from Austin, Texas. She is currently an MFA poetry candidate at the University of Mississippi, as well as the managing editor for Yalobusha Review. Jenny was a finalist for the 2024 New Letters Editor’s Choice Award, a semifinalist for the 2024 Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize, and received a C.D. Wright Memorial Scholarship to attend the 2024 Poetry Program at the Community of Writers. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Amsterdam Review, Midway Journal, Cherry Tree, The Florida Review, and elsewhere. Image: reddit.com Check out HFR’s book catalog, publicity list, submission manager, and buy merch from our Spring store. Follow us on Instagram and YouTube. Disclosure: HFR is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and we will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Sales from Bookshop.org help support independent bookstores and small presses.
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