https://www.thehooghlyreview.com/nominations/2024/conversations-with-nominees/irene-gentle
Author: Eirene Gentle
Eirene Gentle is a writer of little lit, poetry and essays.
Conversation about writing with The Hooghly Review
https://www.thehooghlyreview.com/nominations/2024/conversations-with-nominees/irene-gentle
That stupid song
Happy to see this out in the world, thank you, @publishedbyjake
Crash
He drives away again, always again. Me at the window, waving. Good girls wave at windows to show love. Words streak like tears, like ache, like why. Why does he go? Work, she says. To buy you shoes, she says, and complains he doesn’t give her enough to pay for them. Soon she’ll fade into… Continue reading Crash
The Ambassador
The Ambassador They recalled the ambassador last night.By the time it hit the news, he was gone.It’s still always a ‘he’ when it comes to ambassadors here. They don’t trust ‘shes’ yet. They don’t trust him either, now.The ambassador was recalled last night and has not been seen since.Probably a spy, someone says.Probably a poet:… Continue reading The Ambassador