Grace Massey

You leave me when the moon rises

but at dawn you come to the window

with gifts—a peony brimming with ants

my grandmother’s locket

a tiny mummified mouse.

— Scavenger, by Grace Massey

— Carla Sarett, author of She Has Visions and My Family Was Like a Russian Novel

”Tender poems of family ghosts,

and griefs the poet knows are shared.”

The Westchester Review is publishing two poems in their Winter ’24 issue

"Ghazal, My Mother Enters the Ocean in Pearls" and "Kettle Pond" will be in the Winter ’24 Issue of The Westchester Review

Two Poems in Pirene’s Fountain 2025

Look for “Scavenger” and “My Brother and I Clean Out My Mother’s House” in the new year!

Ibbetson Street Press Tapestry of Voices recently published “Nasturtiums for Dinner” in their summer ’24 print edition.

Praise from the editor: “This is a poignant, potent poetic portrait . . . a well-crafted gem!”