Not Till We Are Lost

Even Eve had to open her eyes to that dubious mirror--his flesh her history his future in her belly. --from "Water Dish"

Born and raised in New Jersey, William Wenthe is the author of the poetry collection Birds of Hoboken. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Georgia Review, Southern Review, and Poetry. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts, he lives in Lubbock, where he teaches at Texas Tech University and is poetry editor for Iron Horse Literary Review

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Water Dish

1

(1)

After Moving to a Place Where

1

(1)

Do Not Know the Names of Plants and Birds

2

(1)

Sentimental Pictures

3

(2)

Descansado

5

(2)

Hammering Stones

7

(1)

Nostradamus

8

(2)

Trout Fishing in West Texas

10

(2)

Yerba Canyon

12

(2)

W.H. Auden, Leaving Lubbock, Texas, Writes a Sonnet

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(3)

II

White Settlement

17

(3)

The Music Lesson

20

(2)

American Picture at Lumpkin's

22

(2)

A Photograph of Rilke

24

(2)

The Owl on Texas Avenue

26

(2)

The Daily News

28

(2)

Goldeneye

30

(4)

Gar

34

(1)

Story

35

(2)

III

Elegy in Waiting

37

(2)

Wildflowers

39

(1)

Redbud

40

(2)

Visitations

42

(2)

Bluebird and Comet

44

(2)

Poet after Stroke

46

(1)

The Red Sofa

47

(2)

The Ashes

49

(2)

The Mysteries

51

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