This poem is from the chapbook Wishbones by Elena Montes (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/wishbones-by-elena-montes/
Elena Montes is a Costa Rican-American poet, fiction writer, and artist, originally from Los Angeles, California. She holds a BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, where she received the 2024 Andrea Klein Wilson Award for Poetry for two poems featured in her debut collection, Wishbones. Now, Elena lives in her adoptive city of New York with her partner and cat. When she’s not writing in her journal, she can be found cooking family-style meals for friends and sharing memories around the dinner table — an extension of her love for storytelling and connection.
The Paddock Review 