The Course of Human Events

Abstract

The Course of Human Events Le Hinton (bio) for Margaret Jones, 1939 There was a 4th and a July. There was a river. Fireworks, a mother, and a daughter. There was a river. There were fireworks. A mother, a daughter, and a longing for ice cream. There were fireworks. There was a mother. A girl, a longing for ice cream, and a store. There was a mother. There was an 8-year-old. A longing for vanilla, a store, and a white stare. There was an 8-year-old. There was a longing. A corner store, a white stare, and a searing voice. There was vanilla. There was a strange street. A metallic stare, a blanched tone, and an uneven sidewalk. There was a strange street. There was a metallic stare. A blanched tone, an uneven sidewalk, and no ice cream. There was a black girl on an uneven sidewalk. No ice cream, no 4th, and no July. [End Page 9] Le Hinton Le Hinton is the author of six poetry collections including, most recently, Sing Silence (Iris G. Press, 2018). His work has been widely published and can be found in The Best American Poetry 2014, The Progressive, The Baltimore Review, The Pittsburgh Review, Little Patuxent Review, the Skinny Poetry Journal, and outside Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, incorporated into Derek Parker's sculpture Common Thread. Copyright © 2022-2023 Pleiades and Pleiades Press