Leah Umansky
Lonely is a Hard Word to Use in a Poem
I’m resisting the trained crows. I know the routine.
I know the cue and the call and the old shuffle-ball-chain.
I want you to say, stop, let me take this one on
Leah Umansky is a poet, collagist and teacher in New York City. She is the author of the Mad-Men inspired chapbook, Don Dreams and I Dream and the full-length collection Domestic Uncertainties. Her dystopian themed chapbook, Straight Away the Emptied World¸ is out in March from Kattywompus Press. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in such places as: POETRY, Barrow Street and Faerie Magazine. Some of her Game of Thrones inspired poems have been translated into Norwegian by Beijing Trondheim. More at http://www.leahumansky.com
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I’m resisting the trained crows. I know the routine.
I know the cue and the call and the old shuffle-ball-chain.
I want you to say, stop, let me take this one on
Leah Umansky is a poet, collagist and teacher in New York City. She is the author of the Mad-Men inspired chapbook, Don Dreams and I Dream and the full-length collection Domestic Uncertainties. Her dystopian themed chapbook, Straight Away the Emptied World¸ is out in March from Kattywompus Press. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in such places as: POETRY, Barrow Street and Faerie Magazine. Some of her Game of Thrones inspired poems have been translated into Norwegian by Beijing Trondheim. More at http://www.leahumansky.com
Return to March 2016 Edition