K. A. Hays is the author of three Windthrow, Early Creatures, Native Gods, and Dear Apocalypse. She teaches creative writing at Bucknell University.

Other poems by K. A. Hays in Verse Daily:
December 14, 2015:   "Mind in Flock, Mind Apart" "They scatter high, the grackles. What's to know..."
March 24, 2014:   "Mother Goose Self-Help" "Climb a spout. Run a clock...."
January 15, 2009:   "Theology" "The sea, for now, is a blue swag..."
January 8, 2009:   "Psalm against a Rapture" "The monks are on a pilgrimage, swinging uphill..."
January 1, 2008:   "This Morning After Snow, the Body Scrapes Off" "sludge, is mere action. It strips the sleet from the walk..."

Books by K. A. Hays:

Other poems on the web by K. A. Hays:
Two poems
"Walking with Zoe, Holding a Bag of Her Warm Shit"
"Exodus"
"Lines Written at Dog’s Head Falls, Johnson, Vermont"
"Crow"
"Petition"
Two poems
"It's Not For Me But I'm Here In It"
Two poems
"Of the Body Taken In"
"Flood"
"And the Lord Hath Taken Away"

K. A. Hays's Website.

About Anthropocene Lullaby:

"Human-caused climate change, rapid technological shifts, and selfhood intersect in this urgent and timely new collection. I'm moved by the self-consciousness of the poet-speaker as well as by the virtuosic craft and language of these poems—their sonic echoes, sinuous yet taut syntax, and intimate, self-interrogating tone. If the book is at times harrowing to read, it yet offers solace in the poet's recognition that matter and energy are not created or destroyed—they transform as they must. Emotionally, intellectually, and musically, Anthropocene Lullaby extends the work of a gifted lyric poet."
—Shara McCallum

"In these poems by K. A. Hays, we find the world made somehow more splendid through her handling, more brilliant through the grace of her caring eye."
—Camille T. Dungy