Bill Hollands
there’s a coldness in me
a coldness i say deep deep deep beneath the beating heart i imagine it a block of ice tiny boy doll frozen a figurine many are they have tried to free him me included warm breath i thank you such a wee thing
Bill Hollands’ work has been featured on The Slowdown podcast and in such journals as DIAGRAM, The Adroit Journal, The Greensboro Review, New Ohio Review, North American Review, Poetry Northwest, Plume, and Boulevard. His debut collection Mangrove (ELJ Editions) will be published in 2025. He lives in Seattle with his husband and son. Twitter/X @bill_hollands.