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By Noa Micaela Fields
via the Poetry Foundation

In other sounds
 E wants a mother
[unclear] I hear

bad. Trachea,
 trace—translate
[hiss] chase

meaning’s
 severed half-
lives for cantos.

Mine pine
 after dorsal
fins. Drafts

drown in
 throat. I’m
pssst tense

subjunctive
 unfolding
spine, needling

form’s tomb
 marrow sonata.
Tingly

E taunts bow
 fingers dawn
lightly butchers

an author
 botches cadence
mutters in violet.

A Note from the Editor
"Noa Micaela Fields is a trans poet who uses hearing aids. 'Echolalia' brings attention to the relationship between speech, sounds, and how these can mediate our experience of poetics and the world around us." - Guest Editor Alisha Isherwood
Source: Zoeglossia: Poem of the Week, May 17, 2021 ( Zoeglossia, 2021 )


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