Leaves squeeze up my esophagus and I open my mouth into a bouquet. I pull at the leaf doll, feel her feet scratch up and, bleeding, she crumples into my palms. I trim foliage, pick out bad twigs, rotted roots, I pluck at the […]
Allyn Bernkopf
Allyn Bernkopf is pursuing her Ph.D. in Creative Writing at Oklahoma State University, where she was the recipient of the Gladys Burris Creative Writing Fellowship. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Two Thirds North, The Greensboro Review, Door = Jar, Open Minds Quarterly, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, Barely South Review, and others, and has been anthologized in Women's Voices Anthology (These Fragile Lilacs 2017) and Lost: Reflections (Medusa's Laugh Press, 2017). She holds a Master of Arts in English from Weber State University.