Poetry Review TREADING WATER Alyssa Harmon
Thank you to the author Alyssa Harmon and BookSiren for an advance digital copy of TREADING WATER. All views are mine. habromania delusions of happiness a calendar with june 24th crossed out in blue pen, water spilling out of a cracked straw, a fortune cookie that says you can’t drown forever, a sandless hourglass, the stray dog wandering on a deserted beach with a tag that says you have to be your own savior — all these bad habits collected like marbles. Loc.108 Three (or more) things I loved: 1. "The Chalk Fairy" at loc.130 is an excellent piece. Wonderful progression and turn. 2. I love the piece "band-aids" at loc.121 because of the reference to invisible injury. This is such an important issue for people with disabilities. I really connect to this, as someone with invisible disabilities, and currently helping a family member adapt to a newly developed invisible disability. 3. "anchors" is a brilliant little piece a...