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About G. Metelli

Gaia Metelli lives in Chicago. Her work has previously appeared in Storm of Blue, WAIF magazine, and elsewhere. She adores Australian television and electric guitars. She tweets @GaiaMetelli.

Tremolo, a poem by G. Metelli

G. Metelli

credit: steve johnson

Tremolo The summer I died the first time, locusts carved the corn to its cusp. That fall, I whispered the cornfields, the coffins, the blackbirds, hollowed my mouth around the words. I … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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