Julietta Bekker

Gaza

Any I: a gathering of particles
and their absence

Thousands of ghosts now
color the silenced air

Julietta Bekker (she/they) is a writer, educator and illustrator who lives with her husband and child in Portland, Oregon. Her poetry has been published by Pile Press, Bitter Melon Review, Oyster River Pages, 7th-Circle Pyrite, Seedlings and Querencia Press, and is forthcoming from The Dread Literary, Flat Ink Magazine, and Gather. Her work incorporates elements of the natural world to explore political and social themes through the lens of a queer parent.