I wake at 3 a.m. in this America,
head split with migraine, pain
like a spear. I swallow
prescriptions, sleep until noon.
I’m sweat-soaked and dreaming
strange dreams of America. (More …)
Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith is the author of the poetry collection Book of Exodus (Scablands Books, 2017). Her poems have been published or are forthcoming in Poetry Northwest, Mid-American Review, Redivider, The Collagist, The Boiler, and elsewhere. Her work has received a grant from the Spokane Arts Fund, and she was writer-in-residence at Whitworth University for fall 2017.