Jared Harél
Jared Harél teaches writing, plays drums, coaches basketball, and lives with his family in Westchester, New York. His poetry collection Let Our Bodies Change the Subject won the Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize.
Ode 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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