Prose from Poetry Magazine

Drawings

Originally Published: May 31, 2019
A line drawing of a chair with wings. On the seat, there are small buildings and cars.
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A line drawing of a large angel with a scene on its clothes of an angel hovering above a bed. Several cars are pointing towards the large angel.
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A line drawing of three pies: apple, cherry, and one with several cars inside.
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A line drawing of two figures under stars.
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A line drawing of a racket with zig-zag strings.
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A line drawing of a figure with a hairy face and chest. They have a vine between their legs.
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A line drawing of an abstract figure with wavy hair and wings on their wrist.
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A line drawing of a feather.
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A line drawing of a pedestal fan that is plugged into a socket. The two settings are "eye" and "tornado."
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A line drawing of 4 skeletons sitting on bus seats. The back window shows cars and a building.
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Poet and essayist Marianne Boruch grew up in Chicago. She is the author of collections including Bestiary Dark (2021), The Anti-Grief (2019), Eventually One Dreams the Real Thing (2016), Cadaver, Speak (2014), The Book of Hours (2011) from Copper Canyon Press, Grace, Fallen from (Wesleyan University Press, 2008), and Poems: New & Selected (Oberlin College Press, 2004). Her memoir, The Glimpse Traveler...

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