“Another Flower Cut Down in Detroit” and "Unwinged" by Elizabeth Mercurio
MAY 2022
Another Flower Cut Down in Detroit
Cut down the body
shadow
like
me
dead
shadow
under
black
sun
shadow
Cut down the body
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Unwinged
This is a song about pain
Harmonies,
Hurled
Into
Darkness
Harmonies,
Ghostly
Throating
Cathedrals
Harmonies,
This is a song about pain
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5/1/2022
Elizabeth Mercurio earned an MFA in poetry from The Solstice Program. She is the Assistant Editor of Lily Poetry Review. Her work has appeared in Third Point Press, Philadelphia Stories, The Literary Nest, Fledgling Rag, Martin Lake Journal, Anti Heroin Chic, Ample Remains, The Wild Word, Thimble Magazine, and Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. She was nominated for a Best of the Net nomination and was the 2016 recipient of The Sharon Olds Fellowship for Poetry.
