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Philip MetresNovember 04, 2015
Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth…
Jer 1:9
 
render me
null & voice
may I not be
fallen noise
 
listener up there
tune your air
& liquid tongue
let your unsung
 
devouring mouth
give birth
to these words
lavish & ludicrous
 
an unwalled museum
a windowed mausoleum
Philip Metres

Philip Metres, professor of English at John Carroll University in Cleveland, is the first winner of the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize.

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