There I was, geeking it up at a poetry reading in Atlanta. My weapon of choice? A suite of superhero poems that smacked the crowd in the face like a twenty-pound halibut. None of them saw it coming—including the guy that had the job of going on after me. After ...Read more]]> http://penandcape.com/modern-geek/modern-geek-3/feed/ 2 http://penandcape.com/poetry/from-death-row-an-interview-with-a-wolf/ http://penandcape.com/poetry/from-death-row-an-interview-with-a-wolf/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:20:56 +0000 admin http://penandcape.com/?p=192 From Death Row, an Interview with a Wolf: (Interviewer’s Notes:  He stares at his hands as he speaks.  His eyes are sunken.  Said it was insomnia, nights without peace, that brought him to me.) Fine, grade A meat. A feast, that girl—age nine— all warm and soft and wet inside her red. So tender, that dear child. How hard I ...Read more]]> http://penandcape.com/poetry/from-death-row-an-interview-with-a-wolf/feed/ 0 http://penandcape.com/poetry/down-highway-74/ http://penandcape.com/poetry/down-highway-74/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:19:42 +0000 admin http://penandcape.com/?p=174 Down Highway 74

On the way back from Charlotte there is a dead girl draped across the grass beside the highway. She swarms with policemen and one or two paramedics who, for some reason, still have not covered her or taken her away. The highway is quiet. The truck ahead of me barely chugging. A needy line of traffic ...Read more]]> http://penandcape.com/poetry/down-highway-74/feed/ 0