Holly Marihugh

Holly Marihugh, M.A., is a poet and writer living near Lake Michigan just north of Chicago. Her work has appeared in Litbreak Magazine, Ink Nest Poetry, and The Opiate. A lover of literary fiction, she also leads book discussions at her local library, the last of which was of Salman Rushdie’s classic, Midnight’s Children. Find more of her writing here: penandperspective.substack.com.

“Her Oceans Seven,” Moral Injury,” and “Considering the Survival of a Marine Iguana Called Harry”

The challenge is called Oceans Seven,
and by the time Marcia Cleveland
finished the ginormous feat of swimming
all those channels and straits,
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
she indeed earned ownership.
As in, Her Oceans Seven.