sonnet for what astounds me
there is a world full of dead
brothers dead men
dead boys
dead branches
&in their thinness
they shake
above a river
they shake
like a boy, poolside
with his laugh
with the small
swollen belly
with the mother
full of joy
grace (ge) gilbert is a poet and lyric essayist among other things. their chapbook, 'NOTIFICATIONS IN THE DARK' is forthcoming with Antenna Books in 2022. their essay collection 'the closeted diaries' is forthcoming with Porkbelly Press in 2022. their work has been featured in The Adroit Journal, Ninth Letter, the Offing, ANMLY, Pidgeonholes, Hobart, and elsewhere. they have received fellowships from the Rona Jaffe Foundation and City of Asylum. an MFA @Pitt, grace also loves cheese, macarons, their partner Boen Wang, and their cat Honey.
there is a world full of dead
brothers dead men
dead boys
dead branches
&in their thinness
they shake
above a river
they shake
like a boy, poolside
with his laugh
with the small
swollen belly
with the mother
full of joy
grace (ge) gilbert is a poet and lyric essayist among other things. their chapbook, 'NOTIFICATIONS IN THE DARK' is forthcoming with Antenna Books in 2022. their essay collection 'the closeted diaries' is forthcoming with Porkbelly Press in 2022. their work has been featured in The Adroit Journal, Ninth Letter, the Offing, ANMLY, Pidgeonholes, Hobart, and elsewhere. they have received fellowships from the Rona Jaffe Foundation and City of Asylum. an MFA @Pitt, grace also loves cheese, macarons, their partner Boen Wang, and their cat Honey.