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's winter issue is available!

"Ghazal, My Mother Enters the Ocean in Pearls" and "Kettle Pond" appear in the latest issue of The Westchester Review.

Look for “Scavenger” and “My Brother and I Clean Out My Mother’s House” coming soon!

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