Blood Diary (Diane): Strawberry Red, Mirror Black & Home
By Rainie Oet
“My hands are open—the worm points straight up, / drops of its blood rising one at a time.”
Rainie Oet
Rainie Oet is a queer, nonbinary writer and game designer. They are the author of three forthcoming books of poetry: Porcupine in Freefall (winner of the Bright Hill Press Prize, 2019), Inside Ball Lightning (SEMO Press, 2020), and Glorious Veils of Diane (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2021). They have an MFA in Poetry from Syracuse University, where they were awarded the Shirley Jackson Prize in Fiction. Read more at rainieoet.com.