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.