it is always gonna be
brutal, these hollows,
these depictions, observed grief
….
This poem is from the book only half-breathed air by J.F. Merifield (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/only-half-breathed-air-by-j-f-merifield/
J.F. Merifield, lives in northwest Montana with a Poetry M.F.A. from George Mason University, was Short Listed and published by BPM Voices’ National Poetry Month Contest 2023, and has other poems published by Wild Roof Journal, High Shelf Press, Sheepshead Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, La Picciolette Barca, Neuro Logical, Verse, Rust & Moth, among others, and a book of poetry, Only Half-Breathed Air, (Finishing Line Press).
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