Matthew Zhao

Matthew Zhao is a PhD student at Florida State University and an assistant poetry editor for Southeast Review. He was a finalist in the National Poetry Series, Mississippi Review Prize, and Airlie Press Prize. His poems appear in swamp pink, Four Way Review, Frontier Poetry, The Offing, The Indianapolis Review, and other publications.

She Gives and She Takes

Three tornadoes take out the power and I give my mother updates on the hour. There’s another watch, another storm coming. But don’t worry Mom, I’ve prepared as much as I could, sandbags and cans of vegetable mush and enough kush for a blackout. This is the contract we sign, two hundred fifty days of sunshine for front row seats… Read more →