Jennifer Lobaugh
Cutting Teeth
I’m sorry // baby
those molars // erupt
awful // early round
this family
tree // limbs too
brittle like // mama
fire // blight every
apple
unripe // the fruit
sickens
sweet // blossoms
heavy
jaw // breaker you
suck on
deciduous // hard
candy
some // thing
to bloom
Jennifer Lobaugh is a poet, artist, and literary translator who can usually be found skulking around small-town Oklahoma with their pet hedgehog and too many Halloween decorations. Their work has appeared in journals such as The Southampton Review and World Literature Today. Their chapbook squall won the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation Best Book of Poetry award and is available from dancing girl press.
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I’m sorry // baby
those molars // erupt
awful // early round
this family
tree // limbs too
brittle like // mama
fire // blight every
apple
unripe // the fruit
sickens
sweet // blossoms
heavy
jaw // breaker you
suck on
deciduous // hard
candy
some // thing
to bloom
Jennifer Lobaugh is a poet, artist, and literary translator who can usually be found skulking around small-town Oklahoma with their pet hedgehog and too many Halloween decorations. Their work has appeared in journals such as The Southampton Review and World Literature Today. Their chapbook squall won the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation Best Book of Poetry award and is available from dancing girl press.
Return to November 2021 Edition