dee day
sodie pop
y wide-eyed
y dismayed
y abril
o cometh
the sunneth
who born
who die
who poke
y pry
I long
on love
but sense
so short
the centi
de centi
de milli
de me
april
is riz
a rose
is roused
or revved
of irrev
and raw
of nerve
and thaw
a being
has been
a hasbeen
han’t done
I shan’t
I can’t
am wont
to want
have bud
will bloom
have mud
am sunk
Nicole Callihan’s most recent book is chigger ridge (The Word Works 2024). Other books include This Strange Garment (Terrapin 2023) and the 2019 novella, The Couples. She also co-edited the Braving the Body anthology published by Harbor Editions in March 2024. Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Tin House, Conduit, The American Poetry Review, and as a Poem-a-Day selection from the Academy of American Poets. Winner of an Alma Award, her next book, SLIP, will be published by Saturnalia in 2025. Find out more at www.nicolecallihan.com.
