This poem is part of a series of prose poems called 'Rituals and Spells' that are part of my new manuscript, 'Into the Mistake.' The others are forthcoming in the 'Seneca Review.' The poems tell the story over time about how OCD emerges. The poems in the series are what Frost called 'a stay against confusion' in the face of the darkness of terror. This poem, along with the others in the series, tries to find agency by casting poems as spells, as magic.
Elizabeth A.I. Powell on "Rituals and Spells so Nothing Heinous Happens: Double Check the Baby Monitor (or Postpartum OCD and Me)" |
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