How Far Back This Goes

my sadness was once tangled around my name.

the doctors had to touch the cold rain of their hands 

against my fevered skull to know it was real

Kianna Greene

Kianna Greene is a poet and writer living in Orlando, Florida, where she teaches creative writing at the University of Central Florida. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Salt Hill, Rust & Moth, The Citron Review, The Indianapolis Review, and other journals. She was the winner of Ashland Poetry Press’s 2026 Poetry Broadside Contest and has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. More about her can be found at kiannagreene.com.

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