Yuu Ikeda is a Japan-based poet. Her published poems include “On the Bed” in Nymphs, “Pressure” in Selcouth Station Press, “Dawn” in Poetry and Covid, and “The Mirror That I Broke” in vulnerary magazine. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @yuunnnn77, and publishes poetry on her website.

“They”

Broken heart.
Summer night.
They make harmony from madness.
Crumbled confidence.
Summer bourbon.
They carve rhythm from madness.