He has by heart the gondolas
of Venice, can summon a teakwood dhow.
William Woolfitt
William Woolfitt is the author of three poetry collections: Beauty Strip (Texas Review Press, 2014), Charles of the Desert (Paraclete Press, 2016) and Spring Up Everlasting (Paraclete Press, forthcoming). His poems, short stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Blackbird, Image, Tin House, The Threepenny Review, AGNI and other journals.
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Grassy Branch Pentecostal Church Electric Oscillating Fan
sweat, dark circles, the men damp,
the women damp, a trace of Ivory soap,
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Grassy Branch Pentecostal Church, Hunting Jacket
on Sam Edes when he’s backslided all he can stand, blaze orange and camo, unwashed, sour breath, headed for the pines, the power cut, the deer blind before he brakes, yanks the wheel hard, takes the turn-off he had chosen against, he’ll still brag about the eight-point rack, the tenderloin, but now the Holy Ghost […]