Easy Does It: Poems (Akron Series in Poetry) - Softcover

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Jennifer Moore was born and raised in Seattle. She is the author of The Veronica Maneuver (University of Akron Press, 2015) and the chapbook Smaller Ghosts (Seven Kitchens Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in Crazyhorse, Bennington Review, Interim, The Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere, and her work has been recognized by residencies with and fellowships from the Jentel Arts Foundation, Artsmith, and the Ora Lerman Charitable Trust. An associate professor of creative writing at Ohio Northern University, she lives in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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EASY DOES IT

The dentist is tired of mouths; the mower,
tired of grass. In the same way, I turn page
after page, looking for some new thrill.

The habit is consoling; each sheet of this book
is secured to the spine. In the reclining chair,
the expert says I won’t lose the tooth.

Of course, there are exceptions to every rule.
Things split into most and least desirable:
the weeds or the wacker, Novocaine or the drill.

Despite all precautions, the needle nicks
a nerve. Numbness a kind of monotony.
Will I feel anything ever again? Answer: maybe not.

I said it before, and I’ll say it forever:
the tree has bark for a reason. Nothing ever
does it easy. Blink twice if you’re fine.

It’s hard to cry out with a mouth full of hands.
Do no harm, the bulldozer yells,
then razes your home to the ground.

Excerpt from EASY DOES IT by Jennifer Moore.

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