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National Poetry Month: [ANNA] by Julie Carr

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 4, 2014 | Archive, Feature

[Anna] by Julie Carr Finds a bird’s nest in a pile of leaves. Tightly wound scraps of the news. Carries it into the house and sets it on the table. After a while, she goes back out to play. The game she’s playing is called “Anna.” It’s a game in which...

National Poetry Month: MALAMUTE by Jehanne Dubrow

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 3, 2014 | Archive, Feature

Malamute by Jehanne Dubrow Honduras, 1947 Someone brought winter to the tropics. At first, it slept near the roots of a strangler tree, curled under chairs, licked salt from sweating ankles. It was content. Table scraps fed its belly. Breezes carried the...

National Poetry Month: { } by Rachel Springer

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 2, 2014 | Archive, Feature

{ } by Rachel Springer { } This is my war face whispering for you to get wet. Dark hair pelts you, pots & pans & pigtails clamoring. Had I a horse, I’d hold you to that. Slab on slab of hearing you call daddy, I say fuck me in that order. You give...

National Poetry Month: ROOM WITH TWO WINDOWS by Sarah V. Schweig

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 1, 2014 | Archive, Feature

Room with Two Windows by Sarah V. Schweig When he left, I was what was left. When two trees fell, I saw them falling. The noise of the street quiets the mind now the trees and wind are gone. Today I watch a man saw away the dead branch he’s standing on....

National Poetry Month!

by Black Warrior Review | Apr 1, 2014 | Archive, Feature, News

For many poets, the start of National Poetry Month signals a time to create new work, and to develop their craft in unexpected directions. For those of us at the Black Warrior Review, the month of April also signals an opportunity to appreciate and re-engage with the...