little girl asks
why her hair is tied up
mother says
because her hair is long …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Kerry Desrochers is a Canadian Métis writer whose poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Chicago Review, the New York Quarterly, the Harvard Advocate, Queen’s Quarterly, filling Station, and Prairie Fire, among other publications. He taught English at universities in South Korea for over 20 years.