bone disorder – Marlena Chertock

A Love Poem for Pride Month

My poem, “She gave me COVID on our first date”, is out now on DC Pride Poems. This poem is pretty self-explanatory 😂. And […]

I had a dream come true ten years ago. My book On that one-way trip to Mars was published in May 2016 — which is somehow a decade ago!

How to celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day & upcoming readings The Mid-Atlantic Review is hosting a community reading and fundraiser this […]

Gesher Tzar Me’od My sister and I barely made our transfer in Frankfurt. We were meeting my dad and stepmom in Kraków, […]

It’s been one year since my hip replacement. Time is a weird, fluid thing. It feels like it’s only been a few […]

I’m so excited to share my second collection of poetry with you. Crumb-sized is being published by Unnamed Press in August — my […]