Share this postThe Recovering AcademicDivorceCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreFiction, memoir, and poetryDivorceA poemJoshua DoležalMar 22, 202438Share this postThe Recovering AcademicDivorceCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore207ShareArticle voiceover1×0:00-0:17Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Photo by Lucas van Oort on UnsplashText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe marriage was a shovel so full it broke. Tell the children, so they may know strength can snap in the ablest hands when a load is too eagerly thrown.PreviousNext
Beautiful! If I was the editor of Poetry magazine and the industry wasn't corrupt, I'd choose to publish this poem without thinking.
In four lines, you say all that must be said. Kudos, Josh.