Ars Poetica

Abstract

Ars Poetica William Fargason (bio) I kept my mouthclosed for many years.I listened to the windplay the dark branches like a cello. The rainin the street had gatheredinto a pool I could seemyself in. My hands left my pockets and joined the airas if receiving an offeringfrom a priest in the dirt. I keptmy mouth closed for many years, and then,I opened it. [End Page 118] William Fargason William Fargason is the author of Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara (University of Iowa Press, 2020), winner of the 2019 Iowa Poetry Prize and the 2020 Florida Book Award in Poetry (Gold Medal). His poetry has appeared in The Threepenny Review, New England Review, Barrow Street, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, The Cincinnati Review, Narrative, and elsewhere. He earned an MFA in Poetry from the University of Maryland and a PhD in Poetry from Florida State University. He lives with himself in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, where he serves as the poetry editor at Split Lip Magazine. Copyright © 2022 Berea College ...