Fran Abrams

Fran Abrams (she/her) has had poems published online and in print in The American Journal of Poetry, The Raven’s Perch, Gargoyle 74, and many others, as well as in more than a dozen anthologies. In 2019, she was a juried poet at Houston (TX) Poetry Fest and a featured reader at DiVerse Gaithersburg (MD) Poetry Reading. In December 2021, she won the Washington Writers Publishing House Winter Poetry Prize. Her autobiographical book titled “I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir,” is being released in November 2022 from Atmosphere Press. Her first chapbook, “The Poet Who Loves Pythagoras,” will be released from Finishing Line Press in March 2023.

“Death Means Not Sleeping,” “Ghazal from a Bottle,” and “On Tuesdays”

How do you keep on getting out of bed each morning?
A bed that is half empty since the day your husband died.
A life that seems like a flight of stairs missing a step
and you always seem to trip on that one.

Issue 68, December 2022

Fran Abrams

Fran Abrams (she/her) has had poems published online and in print in The American Journal of Poetry, The Raven’s Perch, Gargoyle 74, and many others, as well as in more than a dozen anthologies. In 2019, she was a juried poet at Houston (TX) Poetry Fest and a featured reader at DiVerse Gaithersburg (MD) Poetry Reading. In December 2021, she won the Washington Writers Publishing House Winter Poetry Prize. Her autobiographical book titled “I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir,” is being released in November 2022 from Atmosphere Press. Her first chapbook, “The Poet Who Loves Pythagoras,” will be released from Finishing Line Press in March 2023.

“Death Means Not Sleeping,” “Ghazal from a Bottle,” and “On Tuesdays”

How do you keep on getting out of bed each morning?
A bed that is half empty since the day your husband died.
A life that seems like a flight of stairs missing a step
and you always seem to trip on that one.

Issue 68, December 2022

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