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This poem is from the chapbook hard rain by Liza Sparks (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/hard-rain-by-liza-sparks/
Liza Sparks (she/her) is an intersectional feminist, writer, poet, and creative. Her work is informed by her intersecting identities as a brown-multiracial-neurodivergent-pansexual-woman. Liza was a student in the 2025-2026 Poetry Collective at The Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, Colorado. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Allium, CALYX, TIMBER, Split This Rock, Pangyrus LitMag, The Pinch, and many others. She is a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net nominee. Liza has a forthcoming poetry chapbook with Gnashing Teeth Publishing in 2027. You can find more of her work or connect with Liza on IG @sparksliza534, Blue Sky @lsparks, or on her website, lizasparks.com.
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