F/Canada Erin Suurkoivu’s poems have appeared in Leaf Press, Strong Verse, Wicked Alice, and MockingHeart Review. Her chapbook "Not Quite a Hurricane" (2018) was published by The Soap Box Press.
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and it isn’t so odd that we become each other’s caretakers, as like children, we reach for love, as if we’ve never endured a long winter’s night alone, hope the last matchstick lit in our hand.