Debora Kuan Poetry

Debora Kuan is a poet and editor who has so far authored two poetry collections, Lunch Portraits, and XING. She has also received prestigious residencies at the Santa Fe Institute and was chosen as the Poet Laureate of Wallingford, Connecticut.

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The Night After You Lose Your Job

‘The Night After You Lose Your Job’ by Debora Kuan is a highly relatable poem that takes place in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and features a mother struggling to make ends meet.

Debora Kuan is a modern poet who writes about everyday life. She likes to explore how people feel and what they go through. Her poems often talk about family, work, and personal struggles. She tries to make her words easy to relate to. Debora wants to show the beauty in ordinary moments.

You know sleep will dart beyond your grasp. Its edges

crude and merciless. You will clutch at straws,

wandering the cold, peopled rooms of

the Internet, desperate for any fix

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