Timothy E.G. Bartel

Timothy E.G. Bartel

Timothy E. G. Bartel is a poet and professor from California. He teaches writing at the College at Saint Constantine, and his forthcoming book is Aflame But Unconsumed: Poems (Kelsay Press, 2019).

Handset

The poem is unlocked. No brand       can block her. And her only limitations       in data and in Generation are       the words you know. So— What games or searches       shall we undertake? The victories

Summer Sijo 3

September shoulders in       bringing with him cloud-shine, shiver; the last waves of summer       raise their humming weight against the dark. Autumn is an infant: make new room, it says, for me in your