Thoughts are Phony, and Loans, and Pharmaceuticals
Camille Newsom
All words in this poem were borrowed from Fanny Howe’s poem titled “2011.”
in each raindrop
grows a baby ghost
shaped and styled
to pelt countries
down, to rewild
their people, to rebuild
a lasting landscape
everywhere
CAMILLE NEWSOM is the author of the chapbook This Suffering and Scrumptious World (Galileo Press, 2023) and Purgatory Junkie (Main Street Rag, 2025). Based in West Michigan, Camille is an educator and land steward who weaves creative practice and curiosity into her work. Her poems have appeared in ONE ART, Terrain.org, and Southword, among others, and was nominated for Best New Poets 2025.