my father hands me the knife, says look/
into the eyes before you take them
Christen Noel Kaufman
Christen Noel Kaufman is a 2022 National Poetry Series finalist and author of Notes to a Mother God which was a winner of the Paper Nautilus Debut Chapbook Series. Her work can be found in A Harp in the Stars: An Anthology of Lyric Essays, Tupelo Quarterly, The Cincinnati Review, DIAGRAM, Smokelong Quarterly, and Hobart, among others.