A December Resolution: Reconnect

To remove my pink jacket,  

they had to break my arm—

Our editors felt there needed to be a little more connection between ideas and images. We were a little confused by the direction some of these took.

they had to take photos of  

a pale body no longer able

We recommend a little more grounding in these poems and some additional narrative to help your reader make more connections.

to blush other than bruises noted from temple to toes. 

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Laine Derr has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Ted Kooser, and Robert Pinsky. Work has appeared or is forthcoming from EPOCH, The Amistad, Portland Review, ROPES, Prairie Schooner, Chapter House, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere.