Poem of the Week | August 22, 2016
Rachel Morgan: "Auto: Regarding Oneself"
This week, we are excited to present a new poem by Rachel Morgan. Morgan’s work is included in the anthology Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America (Ice Cube Press 2016). Her work recently appears or is forthcoming in Crazyhorse, Fence, Denver Quarterly, Salt Hill, The Laurel Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Mid-American Review, DIAGRAM, Barrow Street, and Hunger Mountain. She was a semi-finalist for 2016 Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Contest. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Currently she teaches at the University of Northern Iowa and is the Poetry Editor for the North American Review.
Author’s note:
To live in a time when information is exponentially created and chronicled, and when autocomplete and algorithms predict (rightly or wrongly) what we’re searching for, can create an information desert, as search leads to search, to tangent. There’s information, but not necessarily answers, or even accurate questions at the end of research. The semester after our three-year-old son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, I spent much time immersed in case histories, medical literature, and, most imprudently, on the internet. However, I emerged, understanding the fool’s errand of seeking answers where there are none. Instead, I wondered which is the parrot and which its mirror: people or the internet. Either way, enjoy the bright colors.
Auto: Regarding Oneself
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