Elm
A bee’s wings mesmerize, I memorize
the outdoors as best I can—not very
well at all. I don’t have a green thumb,
a green anything. Even though
the beautiful and strange make the pain more unbearable,
I am one of the lucky ones: I no longer want to die.
Hallie Fogarty is a poet, teacher, and artist from Kentucky. She received her MFA in poetry from Miami University, where she was awarded the 2024 Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award for Poetry. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Poetry South, The Lindenwood Review, Hoxie Gorge Review, and elsewhere. Besides writing, she loves cardigans, dogs, and everything peach-flavored. Find her online: www.halliefogarty.com
Bee Image by Ibrahim-Ozdemir from Unsplash
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