#graywolf press

City Of Bohane (2011)

Kevin Barry

Unincorporated Persons In The Late Honda Dynasty (2010)

Tony Hoagland

I think I hear the dawn azan much earlier than it is supposed to sound. The world, spaced out, is speeding down some derelict highway in time. And long before my attic visions start, Shimo, I am thinking it is time that happens to people. We talk about having and saving and wasting it as if it is ours to work with, but really it is we who are time’s property. It molds and meddles with us, changes…

The Other Walk (2011)

Sven Birkerts

Four New Messages (2012)

Joshua Cohen

from: "Three Urdu Poems"don’t know why she still keeps my heart,as useless to her as an unpaired sandal.Fate abhors me and I abhor fate,and prayer can’t reconcile us.It’s as if you’re with me when I’m alone.It’s as if I’m alone when you’re with me. Seshadri, Vijay. “Three Urdu Poems.” 3 Sections. Graywolf Press, 2013, pp. 16-18.

"Unrest in Baton Rouge" after the photo by Jonathan BachmanOur bodies run with ink dark blood.Blood pools in the pavement’s seams.Is it strange to say love is a languageFew practice, but all, or near all speak?Even the men in black armor, the onesJangling handcuffs and keys, what elseAre they so buffered against, if not love’s bladeSizing up the heart’s familiar meat?We watch and grieve. We…