Teachers—consider adding Lossland to your spring syllabus! An incantatory chapbook-length poem about a queer-family member lost to an abusive relationship, this is the sort of strange, challenging work that gets students writing. Teaching Guide and desk copy via @blacklawrence.bsky.social’s website!
Lossland - Black Lawrence Press | Black Lawrence Press
You find yourself in the midst of an overwhelming and ambiguous loss: someone you deeply loved was suffering in ways you never imagined, then left your life suddenly and irrevocably. In the depths of ...
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![Text of poem:
[REFLECTED IN THIS]
Reflected in this
stream, your face
is shattered and
then remade, but
the current rushes
on. Yes, minnows
hover, crayfish lift
claws below, but
such shimmering
light tires the eyes.
Memories must be
themselves only—
a TB-vaccine scar
dances on your
shoulder as you
slather oysters in
chipotle butter,
and I open wine,
the years rolling
over us like fog.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4xqvujo4p3foyoromyembzm2/bafkreic44lpmetl5tbpipgvyd6v6kvhrzx7mvcw3z74dhmbhanm7hnvkq4)
