Rebecca Newth
There Are Degrees of Suffering
There are degrees
of suffering.
The little falling down
of childhood,
the fence, the hill,
the teacher who would
and the one who would not.
There are degrees
If anyone asks let me tell.
The half full, the empty,
the dawn, the dark.
I can’t quite get it right.
Rebecca Newth’s (she/her) published work includes six books of poetry, a memoir, and a collection of children’s books. She has won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arkansas Humanities Council, and the Arkansas Historical Society. The founder of Will Hall books, she is an advocate for the arts in NW Arkansas.