My poem “on turning 27 on the 27th” was published today in Glass: A Journal of Poetry! The editors at Glass were amazing to work with, so I am beyond excited to be on their homepage for the next week 🙂
As shown on the website, here’s what I have to say about this poem: I wrote this shortly after my 27th birthday while reflecting on how I had gotten to this year of my life. As a child, I thought my 27th year would be my luckiest, until, as a teenager, I became intensely, chronically depressed and could no longer see myself ever making it to or past the year. Being in a place at 27 where, after many long years, I was no longer depressed and was actually celebrating my golden birthday as if it was lucky again, felt like a full circle moment. So many of us go through suffering and struggles as if we will never see the other side, and while getting there will certainly not be easy or feel natural, I wanted to end on the idea that it is possible — to put in the hard, often painful work day after day until one day you look around and recognize the beautiful, wonderful garden that you created.
I’m grateful this was published while I’m still 27!
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