Jennifer Pilch

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Prior impression/actual impression

Galen Clark pronounced

hexagonal light beads/wasp hive

Galen Clark persuaded

dragonflies/bees at the pool

Galen Clark shunned attention

burnt sequoia/trains

Galen Clark slept with bears

horse/young woods

Galen Clark got nervous

ravens/vertigo

Galen Clark learned regret

half-dome/stump


Jennifer Pilch is the author of three chapbooks: Profil Perdu (Greying Ghost Press), Mother Color (Konundrum Engine Editions), and Bulb-Setting (Dancing Girl Press). Her poems have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Drunken Boat, Fence, Hotel Amerika, The Iowa Review, and New American Writing, among other journals. She is editor of the forthcoming journal, La Vague.