Tessa McHattie

Tessa McHattie is a Canadian poet residing in Brooklyn, NY. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Disappointed Housewife, Lost Balloon, and Shoegaze Lit, among others.

Tessa said the following about her poem:

I've never been to Coney Island, but I think about it a lot. Every time I’ve tried to go since moving to New York, something comes up, plans change, the weather stops me. And this is probably for the best, because what if I went and there was no magic, no manatee, no Americana Witch to tell my fortune like she has known me my whole life? This poem is about the desire to hold onto myths and to insist on wonder and magic as a means of survival — to paint the walls blue.