“The Funambulist” by Kathy Nelson (Poetry ’22)
Poetry alum Kathy Nelson has a poem in Quartet Journal. Read an excerpt below.
The Funambulist
A tuxedo minces
along the half-inch ridge
of the picket fence,
not deigning to wet her feet
in melting-in-sunny-
patches white,
an excruciation of blue
drawing my eye upward
then slapping it away
with its squint of bright.
Read the rest of the poem here: The Funambulist
