“Hinge,” by Meg Stout (Poetry ’20)

Meg Stout, a 2020 poetry alum, was recently featured in the LEON Literary Review. Read an excerpt of Stout’s poem “Hinge” below:

Hinge

In memory’s eye, I imagine my grandmother,
lithe as a willow tree, swinging
the vacuum across a high pile
carpet, washing a dish in the sink
overlooking the suburban marsh
she never visited. Her life a stop sign
to pleasure, hand held up
to a subdued face, guarded.

Read this poem in its entirety here: http://leonliteraryreview.com/issue-12-meg-stout/