"Native Guard" by Natasha Trethewey

Like most bookworms, I buy 'em faster than I read 'em, so I just brushed off some dust and stuffed a dog-eared receipt in for the bookmark. "Dinner's ready" though, but I'll try to comment on the first poem later tonight.

• "Theories of Time and Space"


• "The Southern Crescent"


• "Graveyard Blues"


• "What the Body Can Say"