here’s the space i carry. here’s the space that’s empty. • this our sunken sweet parade

1. here's the space i carry. here's the space that's empty.

Abi Pollokoff is a Seattle-based writer and book artist with work forthcoming or found in KALEIDOSCOPED, The Shore, EcoTheo, Denver Quarterly, and Poetry Northwest, among others. She is a 2021 Jack Straw Writers Fellow, and she has also held fellowships or residencies from the Hugo House, the Seattle Review of Books, and the Alice. Currently, Abi is the events manager for Open Books: A Poem Emporium and the managing editor for Poetry Northwest Editions, along with many other hats. She received her MFA from the University of Washington.

Edited by Emilie Menzel and Teri Vela.

The featured image is “Dog-Fennel, Anthemus Catula” by Bertha E. Jaques (ca. 1910), selected and manipulated specifically for this piece by our Art Director, Meg Sykes.

1. here's the space i carry. here's the space that's empty.

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