Tara Bray
Tara Bray is the author of Small Mothers of Fright (LSU Press, 2015) and Mistaken For Song (Persea Books, 2009). Her recent poems have appeared in Poetry, Crazyhorse, Agni, The Southern Review, Image, and The Hudson Review, and have been featured by Verse Daily, Poetry Daily, and Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry. She currently lives in Richmond, where she teaches research writing at Virginia Commonwealth University The Flautist
Her shoulders round over the line of light while she betters the wren’s dangerous song, fingers ticking to channel air. The flute gleams, trills, organizes flight, the crowd struck as she doubles over birdcall. The scene is small, the making … Continue reading
On the Way Out of the Sanctuary We Pause
On the way out of the sanctuary we pause for the uncomfortable handshake with the preacher, who says she has googled my husband and me and how she loves poets. I look at my toes, hidden nicely away, don’t tell … Continue reading