This selection, chosen by guest editor Kirsten Kowalewski, is from Something Kindred by Nicole Tallman (Southern Collective Experience 2022).
On Grief
Text of poem, fuzzy in the shape of a circle:
Mute
Scream
Travel
Retreat
Starve
Binge
Drink
Abstain
Shop
Save
Netflix
Hulu
Write
Read
Hot Powered Yoga
Kundalini
Do Something Drastic to Your Appearance
Wear the Same Outfit for Days on End
Work
Sleep
Breathe
Repeat
In the middle, upside-down:
Grief is a blurry imperfect circle.
Nicole Tallman is the author of three collections: Something Kindred, Poems for the People, and FERSACE. She serves as Miami’s official Poetry Ambassador, Editor of Redacted Books, and Poetry Editor for South Florida Poetry Journal and The Blue Mountain Review. Find her on social media @natallman and at nicoletallman.com. 
Kirsten Kowalewski is the editor for online horror fiction review resource Monster Librarian. She has an MLS and a specialist certificate in school library media from Indiana University, has worked as a children’s librarian and elementary school media specialist, and is a lifelong reader. 
