‘My Favorite Poetry Is Staying Home’

Eric Calloway is a photographer in Hartford, Connecticut who’s study is the city around him. If the sight of something makes him stop more than two seconds, he knows that’s a moment worth capturing. Reflections intrigue him the most, especially when they let a viewer exist in two realities at once.

My Favorite Poetry Is Staying Home

sorry is born she is born loud radio loud

born sorry jazz apology is born

she can’t control her tears too late

is born is stop or i’ll give you a

reason to cry is born without asking

to be is we’ll be okay we’ll be okay

we’ll be okay over is born under she might

as well be born an after because she was never

there before and in return we wasted

every minute we could we pranked god

she was born menace stop wondering

if it was a precondition or pathological

because i told you so was born she

was mouth without home or born under

these conditions she might as well

be the prodigal born home after all

Travis Hall (they/them) is a queer poet from Nebraska currently pursuing a BFA in creative writing. Their work has been featured in PilePress and Cathexis NW. They currently live with their cat Captain in Portland, OR. @maddbuttons