P.S. Dean

P.S. Dean is a Mississippi native who lives with his wife in New Orleans. He received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Mississippi in May of 2013 and is currently at work on his first book.

In the Year of the Simultaneous Savior

Jun 18, 2015 1 min read Poetry

I played the boy Christ who received royal gifts from three magi. I posed as the son of a shepherd, quaking in angelic spotlight. The cold air cradled me. I waited for the

In The Sanctuary’s Back Pews

Mar 6, 2014 1 min read Poetry

I watched a man pretending to be Christ stagger up the aisle with a two by four on his shoulder. Two soldiers with Roman plumes flanked him, ready to slap his back with

Eagle Lake

Dec 12, 2013 1 min read Poetry

And the first muck of morning light, the old man wakes his daughter’s son from a half-dream of scales and ice, their johnboat drifting through the reeds. The boy fumbles with the