Kelly Grace Thomas
Kelly Grace Thomas (1981-present) is an American poet and educator. Originally from New Jersey and currently residing in the Bay Area, California, Thomas is the Director of Education and Pedagogy for Get Lit– Words Ignite and co-authored the textbook Words Ignite: Explore, Write and Perform, Classic and Spoken Word Poetry. She is the recipient of the Neil Postman Award for Metaphor from Rattle and her debut collection Boat Burned is set to be released in December 2019. Source
Hunger is a Bride
A grave that doesn’t fill.
Wing starved, she can only throat.
Birdseed in someone else’s bed.
A body bouqueted
and budgeted. Hunger hangs like a dark
chandelier. She’s sick with glass.
Hunger takes a body like a vow.
A list of small violences
to have and to hold.
An anniversary
of knives. I slaughtered
the tallest tree just to find a ring.
Still hunger sits at the edge
of my bed. I surrender
in small bites.
Published:
None
Length:
Regular
Literary Movements:
Contemporary
Anthology Years:
2020
Themes:
Body & Body Image
Literary Devices:
Alliteration
the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words appearing in succession
Anthimeria
the replacement of one part of speech for another, often referred to as a “functional shift.”
Metaphor
a comparison between two unrelated things through a shared characteristic
Simile
a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”