Claire McQuerry

Claire McQuerry lives in Peoria, Illinois, where she teaches at Bradley University. She is the author of the poetry collection Lacemakers and the translator of Virginie Lalucq’s book-length poem Couper les Tiges / Cutting the Stems.

Poetry

I Always Wanted a Wife

I didn’t mean to / eat your berries, he’d sing after eating / all the blackberries I’d been saving / for breakfast, and I couldn’t be mad then / because he’d made me laugh.

January 2026

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