Ellie Black Ellie Black is a PhD student in creative writing at the University of Mississippi, where she also received her MFA. Winner of the 2023 Pinch Literary Award in Poetry, she has work published in or forthcoming from Ninth Letter, Mississippi Review, The Offing, Black Warrior Review, Best New Poets, and elsewhere.

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Ellie Black

Hail our rift Jailer’s gift Tailor’s weft Trail or sift Paler wife Mailed or missed Sailor oft Failed or kissed Wailer wept Bail or drift Tail her deft Ailer’s grift Sail her left Nail her shift Whale has left Whaler miffed Gale you swept Tempest lift Save our ship Days are ripped Failure left Gave short shrift Say bereft Say be with