Poem Renaissance – Lizzie Purkis

Gyroscope Review is celebrating National Poetry Month with a Poem Renaissance, a review of previously published poems looking for new life and new views. Every day through May 20^th, a new poem to fall in love with all over again.

Transitional Objects
by Lizzie Purkis

You’re with me – 
clasping my wrists.
I find you	
looped in my ears.

You’re slung 
around my neck.
I feel you 
soft against my chin.

You are held 
tight in my hand.
I carry you tucked 
under my breast.

I made a cast
of all you touched:
An impression to keep
on my mind.


                    This poem was published in The Bellowing Ark, in 2004


Lizzie Purkis is a British-born poet, who has made Chicago home. Her work has been published in journals in the UK, Canada, and the US. She is a lifelong linguist, a social worker for humans across the lifespan, and a university educator for fledgling social workers. Through various life stages, she keeps returning to poetry. For glimpses go to IG: @kammermuse & our verses our voices

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