Audio Feature: Donna Vorreyer (Shō No. 5)
Donna Vorreyer reads her poem “The Sound of Just Before” from Shō No. 5 (Summer 2024). “This poem attempts to capture the surreal quality of caretaking someone at the end of life. The title functions as a harbinger (since “just before” implies something happening after), and as an oxymoron (since it is impossible to hear …