“They Tell Me” available to read in Harrow House!

I’m very proud to have my poem “They Tell Me” in the inaugural issue of Harrow House Journal (see p. 21). Editor Kahn has shaped this journal as “a healing space for poets to share works centered on trauma, loss, and grief.” So be pre-warnd before you enter the issue that it’s emotionally heavy (and the editor has added TWs where most applicable), but the writing is raw and beautiful. For my part, “They Tell Me” was an attempt at a poetic meditation on the images in my head associated with my father’s addiction. I don’t know how successful I was, or even if it’s a good poem. It’s not separated into stanzas because I wanted it to feel overwhelming, and you may notice I broke the lines oddly in terms of grammar in this one–I wanted the reader to feel *dragged*, unwillingly, forward through the poem the same way I felt dragged through my father’s addiction. In any case, I am grateful for this poem to find a home, nestled among othe poets and their own griefs.