My writing is often preoccupied with childhood memory; namely, the familial and spiritual relationships I formed, cultivated, and questioned at that time. This poem is no exception as it explores the strangeness of the celebratory and the elegiac, the seedy and the sacred, the living and the dead. “Turn” attempts to reconcile my place in the world among many familiar and unfamiliar faces, as well as after my brother’s death.
Lily Tobias is a poet from Fenton, Michigan. Her poem “Strawberry Interlude” was recently shown at the Paseo Arts Association Small Art Show and her work has appeared in Rockvale Review and elsewhere. Lily currently lives in Michigan with her husband, Josh and their cats Wallace and George.
