Grant Chemidlin

Finalist for the 2020 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry Things We Lost In The Swamp is a lush and vibrant collection of poems that examines the many facets of green: nature, inexperience, jealousy, burgeoning love, and discovering sexuality as a gay man. It is a slow unfurling. It is a love letter to growth, to rediscovery, to finally learning how to unabashedly speak one's truest voice. These poems will make you laugh, will make you cry. They will envelop you-take you through your darkest forest, then lead you home.

Things We Lost In The Swamp

Jordan Layne

But while I topple, twirl & heave, your stubborn brick bones never leave. "I'm here," you say, "through thick & thin, through tidal waves, through violent winds. I'll never let you feel alone. Crawl in my heart and make your home."

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