Country Crow
When cars approach at ten over, ten under,
I think: stay with the carrion at this edible
consistency or do my flap-away-and-wait?
The zoom is monotonous, all buzz and swoosh,
a rhythm I
D.R. James
D. R. James’s collections include <i>Since Everything Is All I’ve Got</i> (March Street) and <i>Why War</i> (Finishing Line). His article on Adrienne Rich and Audre Lorde is forthcoming in <i>The Wri
First Christmas
Never up first, he was always
downstairs first, his four little boys
aligned like ascending angels
up the polished staircase, already
dressed, eager to see the tree,
their piles of presents, when he