Rachael Petersen | The Sun Magazine

Rachael Petersen

Rachael Petersen is a writer and environmental consultant who lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in The Rumpus, Ruminate, and Oberon.

— From May 2021
Poetry

Backyard Mercy

A fruit fly fell in my fine crystal glass / half full of five-dollar wine. / Annoyed, I almost flung the final sips / behind a rosebush.

May 2021
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