Patrice Boyer Claeys is a Chicago poet with four published collections. Lovely Daughter of the Shattering (Kelsay Books, 2019), The Machinery of Grace (Kelsay Books, 2020), Honey from the Sun (with Gail Goepfert, Blurb, 2020) and This Hard Business of Living (also with Goepfert, due from Seven Kitchens Press in 2021). Recent work appears in Night Heron Barks, SWWIM, *82 Review, little somethings press, Zone 3, Inflectionist Review and Burningword Literary Review. She was nominated for both Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes. Find her at www.patriceboyerclaeys.com