Monday, August 30, 2021

“poem” broadside #353 : “notes for a job interview,” by Kate Hargreaves

 

 

small successes are often fluke
and greeting cards demand only so much text
if you can’t chop onions finely enough

and limit reproduction to Xerox and cover tunes
settle for describing the texture of a bitten lip

rough, damp, and threatening to split

 

 

 

notes for a job interview
by Kate Hargreaves

August 2021

above/ground press broadside #353

Kate Hargreaves (she/her) is a writer and book designer in Windsor, Ontario. Her poetry collection Leak was published by Book*hug in 2014, and her second book of poetry, tend, will be released in 2022. She is also the author of Jammer Star, a hi-lo novel for young readers (Orca, 2019), and Talking Derby, a book of prose vignettes (Black Moss, 2013). She usually spends her free time playing roller derby, but she's been busy recovering from a very broken leg. Find her work online at CorusKate.com.

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