“And afterward, we’ll say
it was good, how much we
like how it feels, as our hands
rub the back of our heads.
Then we’ll embrace, relishing
the feel of one another.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Shearing” by Marilyn Johnston from Vol. 34:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Marilyn Johnston received a writing fellowship from Oregon Literary Arts and won the Donna J. Stone National Literary Award for Poetry, as well as a Robert Penn Warren writing competition prize. A recent poetry collection, Before Igniting, was published by Rippling Brook Press. She teaches creative writing in the Artists in the Schools program.
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Yes, could have been sheared away––so powerful, thank you. Home barbering so close and loving.
Congratulations on your premium lit journal placement here, too.
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