Today's poem is
"Breather"
from The Journal
Alec Hershman
lives in St. Louis where he teaches at Florisant Valley College and at The Center for the Humanities at Washington University. Other poems can be found in recent issues of Denver Quarterly, Juked, Sixth Finch, Washington Square, and Cutbank. He is the current poetry editor for The White Whale Review.
Other poems on the web by Alec Hershman:
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
Three poems
"mercury fields"
Two poems
"Soup to Boil"
"The One Armed Man Is Waving"
"Cells"
"A Nominal Bridge"
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Poetry Editor: Kathy Fagan
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