Two Poems by Tommye Blount

Two poems, “The Bug” and “The Tongue,” by alumnus Tommye Blount (poetry, ’13) appear at Poetry Foundation:

The Bug

lands on my pretty man’s forearm. Harmless,
it isn’t deadly at all; makes his muscle flutter
— the one that gets his hand to hold mine, or
ball into a fist, or handle a gun. It’s a ladybug,

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