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Mikko Harvey

Mikko Harvey

Mikko Harvey is the author of Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit (House of Anansi, 2018). His poems appear in places such as DIAGRAM, Field, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, and Sixth Finch. He is an associate poetry editor at Fairy Tale Review.

Poetry

Jan/Feb 2017

Ode to Flesh-Eating Bacteria

By Mikko Harvey

Is there nothinggraceful, nothingto be admiredin the waythe disease movedfrom foot tocalf to mid-thigh in the courseof a single night;is there nothinglovely abouthow the skinpurpledas subcutaneoustissue necrotized;is it not faintlyreligious […]