Today's poem is "My Father Goes Swimming in the Afterlife"
from Cold-Hearted Boys
John Glowney
's poetry has appeared in, among others, Narrative, Iowa Review (forthcoming); Shenandoah; Catamaran, Baltimore Review, the Shore, Cloudbank, Rattle, The Bitter Oleander, and other journals; and a full-length collection, Visitation (Broadstone Books, 2022). His poem "Darien Gap," recently placed second in the Crosswinds Poetry contest, and his poem "Sunday Morning" was a finalist for the 2023 Lascaux Prize for Poetry. He is a recipient of a Pushcart Prize, Poetry Northwest's Richard Hugo Prize, and the Poetry Society of America's Robert H. Winner Memorial Award. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he lives in Seattle. "My Father Goes Swimming in the Afterlife" first appeared in Pontoon/Floating Bridge Review
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