Josette Akresh-Gonzales's Pushcart-nominated poem is one of mourning and celebration, in which "The front door is open for the ten /people who will say the kaddish with me. They don't have to knock."
Josette Akresh-Gonzales lives in the Boston area with her husband and children and is a production editor at NEJM Group. Her work has been published in numerous journals including Juxtaprose, Literary Orphans, and PANK. She co-founded the journal Clarion and served as its editor for two years. Follow her on Twitter @Vivakresh.
Beautiful, and for my family timely. There is a comfort in the ritual.