INTIMA SPRING-SUMMER 2025 | POETRY

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The Clock | Kristen Anderson

The mind wanders during a diagnostic test to recall the course of a lifetime.

Dressing Down | Sarah Piper

The right outfit can make everything feel better, if only for a while.

Ichthyologist Lost | Sue Kenney

Thinking back to an earlier era, a poet recalls a classmate’s potential.

Kafka's Toolbox | Elly Katz

In the stillness of reflection, questions about living a life after a stroke.

Korsakoff's | Willa Schneberg

Everything lost to alcohol cannot be recovered.

LDL | R.A. Pavoldi

“Under sleep the storm sewers are running.”

Mother, Earthed | Audrey T. Williams

To every thing, there is a season : A mother’s memory lives on in a blooming garden.

My Unconquerable Soul | Ernest Wang

“Vow that each chemo and scan adds to my expanse.”

Named | Cammie Fuller

What does a patient with cancer want to be called?

Not Compatible with Life | Caroline Slater

Reverence in the moment: A nurse tenderly prepares a newborn for her next life.

Our Current Journey through Cosmic Zephyrs | Woods Nash

An adult son and aging father navigate the dimensions of time and knee recovery.

Soon It Will Be Over | Melissa Cummins

Holding on to a mantra can soothe during the uncertainties of fertility treatments.