Jamie Heller
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Jamie Lynn Heller has won our writing contest on the theme What Remains Unspoken with her piece "What I meant when I said, 'I'll remember you'."
Jamie Lynn Heller’s book Buried in the Suburbs was published in 2018 (Woodley Press) and received the 2019 Kansas Notable Book Award. Her chapbook Domesticated : Poetry From Around the House was published in 2015 (Finishing Line Press). She has 90+ poems published in literary journals and magazines (for a complete list of publications see jamielynnheller.blogspot.com).
What I meant when I said, ‘I’ll remember you’
Unscrew me
like a door without hinges
I become a vulnerable wall
Slip me from your pocket
like a dropped pill
I will never know your body
Ignore me
like corners in the bathroom
I’ll gather dusty bits of you
Try to forget me
like a cracked sidewalk
I’ll trip you on a rainy day