Dreamland for Keeps by Sarah Nichols (cover artist: Nicci Mechler)
Dreamland for Keeps is a whisper in the dark giving voice to Elizabeth Short through poetry of erasure. Nichols’ poems return agency to the spirit of a woman so often sensationalized, examining Short’s many names, her impression forever etched on the American consciousness. For her, death is not the end of the story; in some ways the puzzle is never solved. (Porkbelly Press, 2018) » more info
Excerpt
WHAT DARKNESS BRINGS ME
When I ask,
the dark
offers me its
gifts.
A tree of eyes. A
hand in a jar,
its owner, lost.
I swallowed a
wedding ring,
once.
It tasted like
dust and tears.
Bone and gold.
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