Rage Hezekiah
IVF Cycle One
tender petal jellyfish tendril podless pea
the embryologist displays a greyscale gathering
I look away
still inhibited seed
bulbous worms of blood
garnets & rubies
sacral ache
Rage Hezekiah reads “IVF Cycle One”
Rage Hezekiah is a New England-based poet and educator, who earned her MFA from Emerson College. She is a Cave Canem, MacDowell, and Ragdale Fellow, and a recipient of the Saint Botolph Emerging Artist Award. Her new collection, Yearn, is a 2021 Diode Editions Book Contest winner. She is the author of Unslakable (Paper Nautilus Press, 2019) and Stray Harbor (Finishing Line Press, 2019). You can find out more about her writing at ragehezekiah.com.