Jared Harél
The Sweet Spot
On better days, I can tell this is it: we are well
inside it; that misfortune implies a fortune
to lose. I can see, despite it all, we have hit
our sweet spot, the best it’s gonna get, and yet
someone out there dreams she’s a hummingbird,
and is fighting like hell not to wake up.
Jared Harél is the author of GO BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (Diode Editions, 2018). He’s been awarded the ‘Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize’ from American Poetry Review, the ‘William Matthews Poetry Prize’ from Asheville Poetry Review, and two 'Individual Artist Grants' from Queens Council on the Arts. His poems have also appeared in such journals as 32 Poems, Poetry Daily, Massachusetts Review, The Southern Review, Tin House and Threepenny Review. Harél plays drums for Flyin’ J & The Ghostrobber Band, teaches writing at Nassau Community College and lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two kids. For more info, stop by: jaredharel.com
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On better days, I can tell this is it: we are well
inside it; that misfortune implies a fortune
to lose. I can see, despite it all, we have hit
our sweet spot, the best it’s gonna get, and yet
someone out there dreams she’s a hummingbird,
and is fighting like hell not to wake up.
Jared Harél is the author of GO BECAUSE I LOVE YOU (Diode Editions, 2018). He’s been awarded the ‘Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize’ from American Poetry Review, the ‘William Matthews Poetry Prize’ from Asheville Poetry Review, and two 'Individual Artist Grants' from Queens Council on the Arts. His poems have also appeared in such journals as 32 Poems, Poetry Daily, Massachusetts Review, The Southern Review, Tin House and Threepenny Review. Harél plays drums for Flyin’ J & The Ghostrobber Band, teaches writing at Nassau Community College and lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two kids. For more info, stop by: jaredharel.com
Return to May 2019 Edition