For this year’s poetry month in April the wonderful online literary journal, Epistemic Lit, held a one-sentence poem contest. A one-word prompt was shared online each day and participants posted their entries on social media.

I started the month strong, but then had a PSC flare on April 5 and ended up hospitalized by April 20th. I was very sick, but writing a one-sentence poem almost every day felt possible. Honestly, I think the process kept me sane through the entire month’s health ordeal.

Four of my one-sentence poems were chosen for their special poetry month edition. You can read—and hear—all 30 winners here: https://epistemiclit.com/nationalpoetrymonth-one/

Most Canadian literary magazines don’t accept previously published work—including pieces shared on social media—so I decided to edit my 30 one-sentence poems into one long poem and share it here. You may find some symptomatology writing in this piece given just how sick I was while I was writing some of the entries.