Ode to Burning Survival
Poetry by Karen Poppy
I live, and daybreak
Blisters every tree.
Survival burns--
Revenge fantasy.
My survival
Will burn you.
You will survive
In memory
Wiped clean
From history.
Blisters every tree.
Survival burns--
Revenge fantasy.
My survival
Will burn you.
You will survive
In memory
Wiped clean
From history.
About the Writer
Karen Poppy has work published in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Her chapbooks CRACK OPEN/EMERGENCY (2020) and OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL BRUTALITY (2021) are both published by Finishing Line Press. Her chapbook, EVERY POSSIBLE THING, is published by Homestead Lighthouse Press (2020). An attorney licensed in California and Texas, Karen Poppy lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. More at karenpoppy.com.
