Curved Edges

by Kristy Snedden

Curved Edges

I have spent the past five years traveling the globe, by which I mean my brain. The only map looks like a frame with curved edges and the carpenter insists that I create at least half of it. I wonder if we both recall the cliffs and the meadows in a ratio approaching the hurricanes and ice storms. There were so many birds. Some raucous. Don’t be bored. Read my poem.

                        Here I am someone with you.

                        Here you are someone with me.

                        Like silent crows outside a window.

BIO: Kristy Snedden (she/her) is a trauma psychotherapist, poet, and artist whose work is widely published nationally and internationally, most recently in storySouth, and Contemporary Verse 2. Her poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net and a Pushcart Prize. She is the founding editor of Bone to Brain: The International Journal of Poetry, Prose, Art, and Healing. Her debut collection, That Broken Tooth, That Blue Tattoo, is forthcoming from Indolent Books in 2026. She writes poetry and creates art because it is the most fun she has ever had in her life. www.kristysnedden.com Instagram: kristy_snedden_poetry Facebook: Kristy Snedden-Poetry.