we ran a plumb line down the chasm perhaps thinking to balance bitterness with renewed courtship: flowers wine a return to the start. unguarded words recall aches and storms of passion don’t invite the peace of a level line. our vows refract broken glass. can it matter if you lie and i don’t care?trading on futures […]
Laura Johnson
Laura Johnson is a poet in eastern Iowa and is a coeditor of Backchannels. She participates in performance poetry and leads writing workshops in her community. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rosebud, High Shelf Press, and Prompt Press, among other.