A Perfect Love Long ago, I had a baby cousin in another land.She spoke, but not one word did we...
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Olivia Hajioff’s poetry has appeared in The Road Not Taken, The Lyric, Jersey Devil Press, The Front Porch Review, Better Than Starbucks Journal, Ginosko Literary Journal and on philosopher William B. Irvine’s website, among others. She is the Grand Choice winner of the Laura Jackson 2020 Poetry Competition. She is a professional violinist and Fulbright scholar.
My Father’s Hands They are too big now, resting, as they do, at the end of too-thin arms.At first, the...
Limbo Why do we love nature in its undecided state?The white-pink blossoms with eyes half-closed; shrivelled and blooming all at...
The Ukelele Player Under the hidden moon sings the old mansoftly. The forgotten songs ribbon acrossa purpling sky. Those who...
The Child Within You are waiting in an airport lounge, your feet crouched under you to escape the smashed paper...
Song Without Melody There are doors that swing open, there are doors that swing closed,there are those that stay put...
The Hands That Hold the Bird A picture from my childhood, long lost:A sketched character, holding a bird. I remember...
The Other Side of the Coin I look at her face and see juts of energy, even anger, as she...
The Path There is a wide and varied path ahead of me.I sink my feet into the Earth at the...
Brave I bought an umbrella yesterday.A clear dome, a half bubbleso that I can look up to seethe sky when...
Body Bag We exist, you and I,in body bags.Stretchy, but a perfect fit.And when we lie quietly, what do we...
