Margaret Yapp 

 
I believe in luck, only the good kind. I believe in ghosts, only
the good time in case you missed it. In case you missed it
magnolia can grow in Iowa too & plants can do something
close to what I might spell “talking” & I believe in talking
to oneself or myself. Ring the new bluebells none,
a pearl jest, leaky system, leaky gut, rot, drops,
my friend saying “so you were talking about your body?”
                    Come over & repeat back to me everything I say

Margaret Yapp is from Iowa City, Iowa. She works as the managing editor at Prompt Press and runs Rampage Party Press, an ongoing hand-printed broadside project. She has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. Her work has appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Second Factory, Asphalte, and elsewhere. Her debut book of poems is forthcoming from EastOver Press (spring 2024). You can read more at Margaret’s website which is margaret yapp dot com / instagram @bigbabymarg.