ISSUE ONE: “(ladies vary)” by Genevieve Kaplan

(ladies vary)


they are so lovely and they cannot get out

they are lovely, yet they cannot get out

they are so lovely so they cannot get out

so they are lovely, but they cannot get out

they are lovely, for they cannot get out

they are so lovely, for they cannot get out

but they are so lovely they cannot get out

so they are so lovely, so they cannot get out

they are lovely, or they cannot get out

they are so lovely, and they cannot get out

Genevieve KAPLAN

Genevieve Kaplan is the author of (aviary) (Veliz Books, 2020); In the ice house (Red Hen Press, 2011), winner of the A Room of Her Own Foundation‘s poetry publication prize; and four chapbooks: I exit the hallway and turn right (above/ground press, 2020), In an aviary (Grey Book Press, 2016), travelogue (Dancing Girl, 2016), and settings for these scenes (Convulsive Editions, 2013). Her poems can be found in Third Coast, Puerto del Sol, Denver Quarterly, South Dakota Review, Poetry, and other journals. A poet, scholar, and book-maker, Genevieve earned her MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and her PhD in Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. She co-edited Et Al.: New Voices in Arts Management (IOPN, 2022), an open-access collection of ideas, action, and inspiration from contemporary arts managers. Since 2003, she’s been editing the Toad Press International chapbook series, which became an imprint of Veliz Books in 2021, publishing contemporary translations of poetry and prose. Genevieve lives in southern California.

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