In Response to Loneliness
your red insides a slue of sourness from all that turning lemon into lemonade which seems to only work for Beyonce and skinny white women in lipstick ads. More
Eugene Cernan, Last Man on the Moon
Tiny metal womb falling through unended dark, captured by gray cratered daughter Moon, Earth heart torn free. More
Meena in Captivity
Meena learned to paint elephants roaming the savanna, learned she couldn't be one. More
What I Would Like to Hear
“I hear a Kawasaki ZRX and a strumming of a bass guitar coming from a few houses down and someone speaking Spanish as I turn the page to the… More
No Future in a Circle
That tingling or the tractor fumes—buoyant and a bit slow to go—still—the briefest souvenirs—all traverse a circle—meaning one more ride won't bring us ‘round— More
Free Press
“I learned long ago about taking the bait of free press and the dangers of falling into the sea of an open paper with its bias beaches.” More
The PEN Pod: The Power and Immediacy of Poetry with Kevin Young
“I often say that poems are the best form of transport. They change us, they move us, and they move us across time and space.” More
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