Today's poem is
"When You're a Star, They Let You Do It"
from Bennington Review
Emma Bolden
is the author of House Is an Enigma (Southeast Missouri State University Press), medi(t)ations (Noctuary Press), and Maleficae (GenPop Books). The recipient of an NEA Fellowship, her work has appeared in such journals as the Mississippi Review, The Rumpus, StoryQuarterly, Prairie Schooner, New Madrid, TriQuarterly, Shenandoah, and the Greensboro Review. She currently serves as Associate Editor-in-Chief for Tupelo Quarterly. Her memoir, The Tiger and the Cage, is forthcoming from Soft Skull Press in 2022.
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