beloved braincase, body’s bleeding heart helmet law dear ribs thick with implied meat, disused central railroad, reverse spec house unplumbed to propitious frame dear double-strung forearm, dear violin […]
Dear Skull
From the Spring 2016 Issue
Emily Van Kley’s poems have appeared in Nimrod, the Iowa Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Best New Poets 2013, among others. She is also a recipient of the Iowa Review Award and the Florida Review Editor’s Award. Her most recent project is an exchange of poems and images with the textile artist Sonja Dahl for 7×7.