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Alison Davis



EXPECTATIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS RESENTMENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN 
 
I have taught myself 
to expect miracles, 
and so I often 
get them,  
one piece of evidence being 
this poem, 
 
and you, 
 
reading it. 


“Where most poets want our attention, Alison Davis wants our participation. […] The book left me feeling more grateful and slightly askew.”

— Timothy Green, editor of Rattle

Find this poem and more in Alison’s newest poetry collection italics, forthcoming from Wildhouse Publishing May 2, 2026!