Note: This poem first appeared in Milk + Beans (2018).
CW: sexual assault
An open letter to the “Goombas” of Hanover High School, class of 1992
HoranSA-Poetry
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Elisabeth Horan is an imperfect creature from Vermont advocating for animals, children, and those suffering alone and in pain – especially those ostracized by disability and mental illness. Elisabeth is Editor at Animal Heart Press and Poetry Editor at Anti-Heroin Chic. Elisabeth also glides along as Co-Editor of IceFLoe Press, Toronto.
She recently earned her MFA from Lindenwood University and received a 2018 Best of the Net Nomination from Midnight Lane Boutique and a 2018 Pushcart Nomination from Cease, Cows. She has books coming out in 2019 with Fly on the Wall Poetry Press, Twist in Time Press, Rhythm & Bones Press, Flypaper Magazine, and Hedgehog Poetry Press.
Follow her: @ehoranpoet & ehoranpoet.net
Lead image: “doorknob and shadow” (via Flickr user Andre Chinn)