Kim Peter Kovac
Kim Peter Kovac’s Border Sounds: Poem & Dispatches from Other Timezones, was published in January 2021. He also has 150+ pieces in print and online in journals from Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Korea, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and the USA. After 30+ years commissioning and producing new plays for young audiences, he was named a Lifetime Fellow of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. Website: www [dot] kimpeterkovac [dot] com. Twitter: @kimpeterkovac. Kim recommends the Youth Mental Health Project.
The afternoon light is dingy
from unwashed windows
as residents begin gathering
in the social room. Brains,
nervous systems & psyches
are wounded in many ways