annalee fairley

MY MIND

a nest,
I keep falling
             out 
                      of. 
What is home
but a mere 
thought
that occupies no
                   structure, 
and yet,
           despite the abstract 
                     nature,
dodging concrete,
it is subject to time.
An idea that will 

c

    r

        u

           m

               b

                   l

                      e

as a once live thing
that you gave birth to
in the wormy remains
of your nest that you 
keep falling 

                   out 

                         of.

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ANNALEE FAIRLEY IS A POET BASED IN THE NORTH BAY AREA OF CALIFORNIA. SHE ATTENDED MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S IN ENGLISH/CREATIVE WRITING. OVER HER WRITING CAREER, SHE HAS RECEIVED THE BETTY KILLEBREW LITERARY AWARD, NEILL JAMES CREATIVE WRITING SCHOLARSHIP, AND PUBLICATION IN APRICITY MAGAZINE AND THE INK&NEBULA POETRY JOURNAL.