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Isabel Sobral Campos’ first collection of poetry is forthcoming with Vegetarian Alcoholic Press. She is the co-founder of the Sputnik & Fizzle publishing series.
I’m sun blind.
I wake up to green things on my face & echolocate myself in the world by smelling my armpits.
The arctic swells with grief.
My gut distressed like a morning hymn
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