Poems by Kathleen Hellen & Marda Messick

<p>Kathleen Hellen reads her poem, "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/compass-my-eyes-to-the-speed-of-light" target="_blank">compass my eyes to speed of light</a>," and Marda Messick reads her poems, "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/spiritual-exercise" target="_blank">Spiritual Exercise</a>" and "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/beachfront-prophecy" target="_blank">Beachfront Prophecy</a>," from our <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2022" target="_blank">Summer 2022</a> issue.</p> <p>Kathleen Hellen’s collection <em>meet me at the bottom</em> is forthcoming in Fall 2022 from Main Street Rag. Her credits include <em>The Only Country Was the Color of My Skin</em>, her award-winning collection <em>Umberto’s Night</em>, published by Washington Writers’ Publishing House, and two chapbooks, <em>The Girl Who Loved Mothra</em> and <em>Pentimento</em>.</p> <p>Marda Messick is a poet and accidental theologian living in Tallahassee, Florida. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in <em>The Christian Century</em>, <em>Delmarva Review</em>, <em>Literary Journal</em>, and other publications.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vita-poetica/message