“Cindy Hochman’s playful exuberance shines through each of her poems, putting the poet’s personality at the center of her work. She delights in verbal nuance, and it’s contagious. She aims to entertain, a rarity these days. And, her aim is true.”
—Eric Greinke
Cindy Hochman is the founder of “100 Proof” Copyediting Services and the editor-in-chief emerita of the online poetry journal First Literary Review-East. She has published five previous chapbooks, including The Number 5 Is Always Suspect, a collaborative chapbook with poet/collagist Bob Heman (Presa Press, 2019). She resides in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, where she reads, writes, edits, meditates, learns tai chi, studies the Russian language, and agonizes over politics.
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I am the girl who sits in the corner
I am the girl who still sucks her thumb
I am the girl who rattles the saber
I am the girl who bangs the gavel
I am the girl with the gangrenous fingers
I am the girl who swallows her pain
I am the girl with the ice-water veins
I am the girl who rides your coattails
I am the girl who drinks your cocktails
I am the girl who runs with scissors
I am the girl who tames the wild horses
I am the girl who plays well with bears
Karen Neuberg is the author of the full-length poetry collection PURSUIT (Kelsay Press) and three chapbooks, including the elephants are asking (Glass Lyre Press). Her poems and collages have appeared in numerous publications, including 805, Clockwise Cat, Gyroscope, Otoliths, Skipjack Review, Unleash Lit, and Vita Poetica. She studied multi-media collage at The Art Students League, holds an MFA in poetry from The New School, and was associate editor of the long-running online journal First Literary Review East. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Links to some of her works can be found on Instagram.
Karen Neuberg is the author of the full-length poetry collection PURSUIT (Kelsay Press) and three chapbooks, including the elephants are asking (Glass Lyre Press). Her poems and collages have appeared in numerous publications, including 805, Clockwise Cat, Gyroscope, Otoliths, Skipjack Review, Unleash Lit, and Vita Poetica. She studied multi-media collage at The Art Students League, holds an MFA in poetry from The New School, and was associate editor of the long-running online journal First Literary Review East. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Links to some of her works can be found on Instagram.
