Poetry by Liz DeGregorio

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Route 66

The first time she ever felt completely 
at peace was when she was 
walking down Route 66 –

and realized that no one 
in the world 
knew where she was. 

She could disappear for hours
(perhaps even days)
and no one would be the wiser.

That still desert air.

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Liz DeGregorio's writing has appeared in Ruminate Magazine, BUST Magazine, Ghouls Magazine, Gravitas, The Tulane Review, Scorpion Magazine, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Decomp Journal, Drunk Monkeys, *82 Review, The Ocotillo Review, From Whispers to Roars, Ponder Review, Crack the Spine's anthology "Neighbors," Riva Collective's Chunk Lit, Dark Moon Lilith Press, Two Sisters, Indie Blu(e) Publishing's anthologies "SMITTEN" and "As the World Burns," In Parentheses and "The Heartbreak Project" anthology. She's also performed at Providence's Dorry Award-winning storytelling series Stranger Stories.

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