MICHELLE ORTEGA

SPRING/SUMMER ISSUE #06 POET

MICHELLE ORTEGA has been published at Tweetspeak Poetry, Tiferet Journal, Exit 13, Snapdragon Journal, Platform Review, Shot Glass Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Rust + Moth, Humana Obscura, and elsewhere. Don’t Ask Why (Seven Kitchens Press, 2020), her microchap Tissue Memory (Porkbelly Press, 2022), and links to publications can be found at www.michelleortegawrites.com.

HAIKU

spring rain—

the violet’s eye

flutters