Miriam Åkervall is a poet and translator. Their work appears in the Academy of American Poets, Colorado Review, and elsewhere. Their writing has received support from the Vermont Studio Center and the American Literary Translators Association. They live in Moscow, Idaho.
Every time we lay claim to something, we fall into the yarns of loss. Don’t let the pretense of ownership run away with you. Weak parts, like arms and legs, can so easily disappear. It just takes the…