Hayden's Ferry Review

"THE SHAPE OF MY BODY IS DUST" by Mackenzie Schubert Polonyi

THE SHAPE OF MY BODY IS DUST : in taciturn angles : in her sweaters : in lilahagyma skins unswept water never reaches The hands which gather failed rememberings still fragrant rain wrinkled implacable fabric lakes I fold myself inward A little beaked

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Mackenzie Schubert Polonyi is a diasporic Hungarian poem maker whose published work may be found in Barrelhouse Magazine, Crab Creek Review, The Hunger, and Palette Poetry, among others. Mackenzie is a Cornell University 2022 MFA Poetry Graduate, Lecturer, and 2021 Robert Chasen Memorial Poetry Prize winner. She is currently completing her debut poetry collection entitled Post-Volcanic Folk Tales.