Description
Poetry. Fiction. "Today the sky's not making sense. Small dramas unfold in the eaves, woodpeckers fracking the hemlock to fracture. You're standing under controlled bamboo controlling your temper. A little roundabout for the parade, a little whiskey and the night's not over. Trees twine the road to the evening train. Twin coyotes race between two whistles. To cross now would kill me. You're on the other side, summoning red intentions. Even cracked asphalt knows when to stop.
The yard dreams of water, and I sink to my neck trying to leave. You eye me from the other side: street, world, story. You read the ending and rearrange the words. Grass moves in waves that break against the house. Trees puff like smokestacks. Escape is an underwater tunnel I find by inching deeper. Big breath, and I'm swimming in all directions but out."—Carol Guess & Kelly Magee
Author Bio
Carol Guess is the author of several books of poetry and prose, including TINDERBOX LAWN (Rose Metal Press, 2008), DARLING ENDANGERED (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2011), and DOLL STUDIES: FORENSICS (Black Lawrence Press, 2012). In 2014 she was awarded the Philolexian Award for Distinguished Literary Achievement. A frequent collaborator, her co-authored collections include THE RECKLESS REMAINDER (with Kelly Magee) (Noctuary Press, 2017), HOW TO FEEL CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS (with Daniela Olszewska) (Black Lawrence Press, 2014), and X MARKS THE DRESS (with Kristina Marie Darling) (Gold Wake Press, 2013). She teaches in the MFA program at Western Washington University.
Kelly Magee is the author of Body Language, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Short Fiction, as well as the collaborative poetry collections THE RECKLESS REMAINDER (Noctuary Press, 2017) and History of My Locked Wrist. She teaches in the undergraduate and MFA programs at Western Washington University.
Author City: USA