Stefanie Kirby

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Poem titled "Postmortem Haibun" with a short paragraph describing a small female fetus with normal-sized ears, eyes, and nose, and normal-sized kidneys. The second paragraph describes adrenal glands, spleen, and brain with details of maceration and liquefaction, wrapped in paper. Lines of poetry include phrases about delivering echoes, rain, and a quiet presence marking absence.
Excerpt from a book containing a scene with an elevator, a character named Mary Magdalene, and references to music and prayer.

Stefanie Kirby lives and writes along Colorado’s Front Range. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and appear or are forthcoming in Passages North, The Offing, Portland Review, Qwerty Magazine, DIALOGIST, and elsewhere.