Lorna Rose is a Pacific Northwest writer and speaker. Her narrative nonfiction and poetry have been recognized by Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the Oregon Poetry Association, and have appeared or are forthcoming in Third Wednesday, Jellyfish Review, About Place Journal, Writers Resist, and elsewhere. Lorna also speaks publicly on motherhood, resilience, and her experience […]
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Lorna Rose: Surviving the Rush
No music plays in the general store in Circle, Alaska, which is full of mukluks and Wonder Bread. Villagers fish the Yukon, memorize river rise, bet on breakup. Long ago miners arrived from Outside to sift, chip rip fortunes from earth. Stilts were drilled into permafrost and structures were […]
Lorna Rose: Leaving Libya
I flood my lungs with the wet stench of fish and bodies and fuel. Dinghy motor whines against the night. Salt air grinds my skin ‘til it’s threadbare and there’s no sitting since leaving Sabratha. Body clenches tight to its bones and shrill muscles shriek and weep and lock up. Damp t-shirt clings […]