Poems published at ONE ART!

I'm very excited that three of my poems were published recently in the online journal ONE ART: a journal of poetry: "My Aunt When She Drank Scotch," "Memory of My Grandfather," and "My Mother Loses Me at the Department Store."

As proud as I am to see these poems in such a fine journal, alongside poet laureates and other poets much more accomplished than I, I'm a little uneasy at their publication, as I know from past experience that people will inevitably ask me whether they are "true," if these events really happened as I depicted.

The poems grew from my work with the marvelous poet Judith Harris, who I first met when I took her workshop at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. She encouraged us to mine the past—not to document it but to find feelings and perceptions that could be crafted into poems that others could relate to. So they began with memories and impressions, but shouldn't be taken as a chronicle of the past. This isn't memoir; it's poetry. But there is truth to them, and hopefully they feel true to you. I hope you enjoy them.

You can find them here: https://oneartpoetry.com/2021/10/15/three-poems-by-harrison-bae-wein.