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F. Daniel Rzicznek

F. DANIEL RZICZNEK's books of poetry are Settlers (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press), Divination Machine (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press) and Neck of the World (Utah State University Press), and he is coeditor of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice (Rose Metal Press). His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in The Cincinnati Review, Bennington Review, Conjunctions (online), Barrow Street, Prelude, and elsewhere. He teaches writing at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

from Leafmold
by F. Daniel Rzicznek

February 3, 2022 Contributed By: F. Daniel Rzicznek

Red Clouded Sky

Blue jays peel out their autumn / tongues for you. Juncos plunge from winter feeders just to / crack their wings in your presence. The bodies show no / bruises yet are broken all the same.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Poetry, Poetry Posted On: February 3, 2022

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