I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl (29 page)

Kelle Groom is the author of three poetry collections and has been published in
The New Yorker
and
Ploughshares,
among other magazines. Her work was included in
Best American Poetry 2010
and has received special mention in the
Pushcart Prize
and
Best American Non-Required Reading
anthologies. She lives in Florida.