I hold his head in my hands, pull it to my chest. O. O of his mouth. Eyes glazed. It’s dark and he didn’t mean to do it. Make out the words, hit and run, man run over. Wanted to kill him. Words of the mouth: pathetic, half human, why don’t I die, why not […]
Maria McLeod
Maria McLeod
Maria McLeod writes poetry and prose. Honors include the Indiana Review Poetry Prize, the Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Prize, and three Pushcart Prize nominations. She was named the 2020 WaterSedge Poetry Chapbook Contest winner, judged by Oregon State Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, for “Mother Want,” published in 2021. Her second poetry chapbook, “Skin. Hair. Bones.,” […]