Erin Carlyle is a poet living in Atlanta, Georgia. Her work can be found in journals such as Tupelo Quarterly, Ruminate, Arts and Letters, Jet Fuel, and Prairie Schooner. Her debut full-length poetry collection, Magnolia Canopy Otherworld, is out now. She is pursuing her PhD in Creative Writing at Georgia State University.
Note: This poem is the last in her book Girl at the End of the World, forthcoming 9/17 from Driftwood Press.