Tanka Journal poet

Mandy Brown

1 poem in Issue 1

In their own words

Mandy Brown is a mother writer in Central Texas, the 2013 recipient of A Room of Her Own Foundation's Tillie Olsen Fellowship and the author of *The Sting* (Sweatshoppe Publications, 2013). Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Extract(s), and many more. Mandy currently teaches high school English at an alternative behavior campus and loves it! Follow her progress at mandyalyssbrown.weebly.com.

Contemplated callTen digits between our pastsDialing her numberStaring at the telephoneAsleep before pressing “send”