[Poetry | Issue 12]
Krystle May Statler
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He had hands / handling huevos hardly hard / his habitual humor howled / he had history / held humanity / his hustle hydroplaned heavily / he highlighted honor / his hugs honeyed home / he hoped happiness, health, harmony helps his hijos / his hijas / healing happened holding him / his hazy head had hairs hanging haphazardly
/ he harmonized hurricanes hiding his heartbreak / historically his hook horrored hoodlums / his heart housed honesty / his hostility happened hollowly / harvesting his hallowed hours here / how hard hearing his hello’s hush / however, he’s husband / hermano / hermoso hombre / hero hovering heaven, horizon, hilltops / heliocentric
Krystle May Statler (she/her) is a Black-multiracial interdisciplinary artist living in Portland, OR and is the author of Prayer for Relief (2024). Her poems are featured in Poetry South, Epiphany Magazine, Fugue, among others or, are forthcoming. Check out her work at krystlemaystatler.com.