Acknowledgements

With gratitude to the editors of these publications where previous versions of the following poems first appeared:

Barren – “Patriarchal”

The Furious Gazelle – “Instead” and “I Didn’t Cry At Her Funeral”

Juke Joint – “Of Them”

L’Éphémère Review – “Erudition”

Occulum – “I Am Mine”

Pidgeonholes – “Blurring” and “Go”

Salvation South – “Sweetie” and “Woman comes into my work”

Spillway – “Absolution”

The West Review – “If Prepared”