Inanimate objects
take on the properties of the loved one
a curve in the road
power lines reflecting the midday sun
dark puffs of diesel smoke
from a passing truck.
"Out of the Ordinary" originally appeared in Otoliths, 2011. It is reprinted here with kind permission of the author.
The ALL Review is pleased to present our How to Live series, poems chosen to help readers navigate these difficult and rapidly changing times.
Morgan Harlow studied English literature, journalism and film at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed the MFA at George Mason University. She is the author of a full-length poetry collection, Midwest Ritual Burning (2012), with fiction, poems and other writing in Blackbox Manifold, Tusculum Review, Washington Square, The Moth, Seneca Review, and elsewhere. Harlow’s commentary on Ray Bradbury’s work has been reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism and Novels for Students. She lives in rural Wisconsin and is working to complete a novel while teaching college English.
April 2020
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