“Dear eyes
like breaking stars,
some days I hear your voice
in the trees, some nights
I send you half my dreams.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Letter to a Cousin” by Eileen Pettycrew from Vol. 34:1 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Eileen Pettycrew’s poems have been published or are forthcoming in New Ohio Review, CALYX Journal, ONE ART, Cave Wall, SWWIM Every Day, The Ekphrastic Review, and elsewhere. In 2022 she was a runner-up for the Prime Number Magazine Award for Poetry from Press 53, and a finalist for the New Letters Award for Poetry. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Eileen lives in Portland, OR.