Ordinary Time: a Poetics of Exhaustion -- Poetry Chapbook Digital Download

Ordinary Time: a Poetics of Exhaustion is a poetry chapbook by Amy Bornman. The 28-page chapbook contains eighteen new poems. The poems were written from life in sequence during a three month period from October to December of 2023. They gently express a postpartum artist and mom-of-two’s commingled burn out and wonder, a two-strand cord endlessly coiling tighter.

the exhaustion rips at my mind, tugs
at my edges, runs me ragged. I’ll remember
these years as lovely and stale. I’ll
remember being tired and alive.

This listing is for the digital download version of the zine. To print your own zine, print the “ordinarytime -- printable.pdf” file double-sided on letter-sized paper using a printer that has automatic duplex printing. Print the cover file separately — card stock makes a beautiful and durable cover. Use staples or thread to bind.

Also includes a scrolling pdf for digital reading.

Available as a limited edition print zine too! (Here!)

Written and edited by Amy Bornman
Designed and published by Amy Bornman, Imaginary Lake Press

Ordinary Time is Zine #3 in the “A Year Postpartum” series. Buy a subscription here and receive all six print zines in the series as they are published (including this one and the first two from the series that were already sent to subscribers). If you have already purchased a subscription, your new zine will be headed to you shortly!