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This poem is from the chapbook As My Father Lay Dying by Jessica Weyer-Bentley (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/as-my-father-lay-dying-by-jessica-weyer-bentley/
Jessica Weyer Bentley is an author and Poet. Her first collection of poetry, Crimson Sunshine, was published in May 2020 by AlyBlue Media. Her second book of poetry, Down Below Where the Canary Sings, was published May 2023 by Sage Owl Publishing. She has contributed work to several publications for the Award-Winning Book Series, Grief Diaries, including Poetry and Prose, and Hit by a Drunk Driver. Jessica’s work has been anthologized in Women Speak Vol. 6 (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions), Summer Gallery of Shoes (Highland Park Poetry), Common Threads 2020 Edition (Ohio Poetry Association), Appalachian Witness Volume 24 and Unmasked Volume 25 (Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel), Pegasus (Kentucky Poets Society), Lotholeran Journal, several and Made and Dream (Of Rust and Glass) 2021and online blogs including Global Poemic, Alien Buddha, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and Fevers of the Mind Poetry Showcase 2022 and was a 2022 Wolfpack Poetry Contributor. She is the Former Student Contest Chair for the Ohio Poetry Association. Jessica was recently chosen as a 2024 Ohioana Author. She currently resides in Northwest Ohio.
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