[listen mother, he punched the air: I am not your son dying]
a stabat mater
“[listen mother, he punched the air: I am not your son dying]” © 2004 D.A. Powell. Reprinted from Cocktails with the permission of Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Source: Cocktails (Graywolf Press, 2004)
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Poet D. A. Powell b. 1963
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
Subjects Family & Ancestors, Health & Illness, Relationships, Living
Biography
Born in Albany, Georgia, D.A. Powell earned an MA at Sonoma State University and an MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His first three collections of poetry, Tea, (1998), Lunch (2000), and Cocktails (2004), are considered by some to be a trilogy on the AIDS epidemic. Lunch was a finalist for the National Poetry Series, and Cocktails was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. His next two books were . . .
Poems by D. A. Powell
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SUBJECT Family & Ancestors, Health & Illness, Relationships, Living
POET’S REGION U.S., Western
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