When a Child Dies
When a Child Dies
By Jacqueline Jules
No one knows
what to say.

The silence
hangs like fog
on a mountain,
gathering droplets
until the drizzle
dampens
everything else
said.

Jacqueline Jules is the author of three chapbooks, Field Trip to the Museum (Finishing Line Press), Stronger Than Cleopatra (ELJ Publications), and Itzhak Perlman’s Broken String (Winner, Helen Kay Chapbook Prize 2016). Her work has appeared in over 100 publications including Hospital Drive, The Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Imitation Fruit, and Sow’s Ear Poetry Review. She is also the author of 40 books for young readers including the Zapato Power series and Never Say a Mean Word Again. Visit www.jacquelinejules.com

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