I’m proud to share that Robert Okaji and I both have poems (pasted below) appearing in The Body – An anthology of poetry, an inspiring volume of body-centric poetry (available internationally via Amazon) published by Rough Diamond Poetry Journal. We’re grateful to EIC Charlotte Cosgrove for including our work in this luminous collection.
It’s an honor and a pleasure to share with you my poem, “Pileated Woodpecker,” which appears in the gorgeous summer 2023 issue of Crab Creek Review! Thank you editors David J. Daniel’s and Julia Hands for selecting my work.
I’m too stunned to say anything intelligible about this earth-shattering poem. Just. Read. It.
Suddenly I find it odd that my arms terminate in hands — these firm and meaty pads, the bony fingers extruded in opposition to the outliers, these peculiar thumbs. Who designed these naked anomalies, wrinkling and weathering with the years? Where are my clever paws, their dexterous beauty, their soft and ageless fur? A […]
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