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Sept/Oct 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 5 • Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize |

Ghost Town, Ohio

By Gaia Rajan

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Gaia Rajan’s work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Tinderbox Poetry, Muzzle Magazine, DIALOGIST, Split Lip Magazine, diode, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Moth Funerals, is out now from Glass Poetry Press, and she is a two-time National Student Poet semifinalist. You can find her online at gaiarajanwrites.com or at @gaia_writes on Twitter.

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