Jared Harél
Jared Harél’s poetry collection Let Our Bodies Change the Subject won the 2023 Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize. He lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and two kids. (jaredharel.com)
Soup
At the restaurant with white linens / and candles in glass cups, I remember, / my grandfather sent back the soup.
July 2026Ode to Middle School Band
All shuffle into this stuffy / school gym to behold / the clumsy miracle of hands— / where to put them, how, when.
June 2025Last Bath
It hasn’t happened yet: the awkward bloom / of my children’s bodies, the bathroom pin-lock / pushed in, the steady stream of marathon showers, / bolts of thick steam all shadowy blue.
January 2024Self-Portrait With Butterflies
Lonely and a little bored, / I used to donate blood every eight weeks / at the Red Cross across the street / from my studio apartment. / Eyes skyward, arm shot straight, I’d sigh / as a butterfly needle settled on my skin, / its plastic wings drawn to a vein / in my forearm
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