“Contemplating Lace” “Independent”

It’s really an honor to be in this issue of Whiskey Island, alongside some poets I truly admire, such as Leah Umansky. I have two poems in this journal, both of which I have re-worked many times. . . “Independent” is a very curious little poem. It keeps taking on different forms, and at the moment, I have it in a very different form than the form you see here, so it was interesting seeing it published as such. I have no complaints, though. For me, I never stay very attached to my work, and I prefer to keep it ever-evolving and ever-changing. Here are few sneak peeks from the poems-