Congratulations to Tracy K. Smith, named today by the Library of Congress as the nation’s 22nd Poet…
Two slung themselves across chairsOnce in a motel room. Grizzled,In leather biker gear. EmissariesFor something I needed to see.
A Poem by Tracy K. Smith
MY GOD, IT’S FULL OF STARS
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We like to think of it as parallel to what we know,