This poem is quite possibly the most difficult one I've had to write. The loss of people neither ends nor is linear; it just stretches on like saltwater taffy.

Thank you so much to Jeremy Schraffenberger and the editorial team at The North America Review for publishing my new poem, "After Hearing David Rothenberg Sang with Birds." The team has supported me so much over the years, and several of the poems from PULSE originally appeared in their esteemed pages.

Check out the poem below. Trigger warning for references to suicide.