National Poetry Month : Jen Tynes,

 

from LONGEST NIGHT 

#5
overnight oats become
pregnant porridge, avian
stressing agent, the snuffling
sound of cinema–these days
the woman at the grocery store
feels comfortable touching
my arm–the novelty
of the wiggling body, the candles
one friend always remembers 
to light–two fully functional teeth
erupting behind the deciduous

 

 

 

 

Jen Tynes lives in Michigan and is the author of Hunter Monies (Black Radish Press), Trick Rider (Trembling Pillow Press), Heron/Girlfriend (Coconut Books), and The End of Rude Handles (Red Morning Press) and about a dozen chapbooks. She is the founding editor of Horse Less Press and The Magnificent Field.