List of my lost body parts, some found
Tongue. Found balled up in an inside-out pant leg while pulling laundry out of the dryer. Slightly felted. No longer…
Author: Jessica Coles
Jessica Coles (she/her) is a poet and editor from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Treaty 6 territory), where she lives with her family and a judgmental tuxedo cat named Miss Bennet. Check out the About page for more info.
Who wants to hear your dreams?
Joni’s looking at both sides of the clouds, and I wonder what could make me feel like I’m not walking…
My song, to me, the way I need it sung
Dear woman, love your belly. Wrap yourself in handwoven dresses; let starwhispers linger in your ears. Don’t dismiss your wisdom…
New memories for dark fields
Our family arrives in the field after dark. Though it isn’t really dark—a streetlight illuminates the alley, the sun hasn’t…
Letter to an old friend (who might contain my younger self)
Dearheart, you’re not the person I walked with. It isn’t you in this blurred polaroid. Remember: I learned your lips…