Bill Hollands
Seemed Important at the Time
Quicksand, of course.
Also rattlesnakes,
scorpions, tarantulas.
The Bermuda Triangle.
Heavy water. Fate
of Amelia Earhart.
Turtles. Flags
of the world. Angel
Falls and the life cycle
of a butterfly. That clink
of her perfume bottle
on the mirrored tray.
Biographical Statement
Bill Hollands is the author of Mangrove (ELJ Editions, 2025), a finalist for the Last Syllable Book Award. His poetry has been featured on The Slowdown and Rattlecast podcasts and in such journals as The Southern Review, The Adroit Journal, Birmingham Poetry Review, New Ohio Review, Poetry Northwest, and Plume. A 2025 Jack Straw Writing Fellow, he lives in Seattle with his husband and son.