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F. Daniel Rzicznek

F. Daniel Rzicznek’s previous collections of poetry are Divination Machine (Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press) and Neck of the World (Utah State University Press), as well as four chapbooks, most recently Live Feeds (Epiphany Editions). He is coeditor of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Prose Poetry: Contemporary Poets in Discussion and Practice (Rose Metal Press). Rzicznek teaches writing at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Nature's Nature: A Gathering of Poetry

May/June 2015

Horse Blood Medicine

By F. Daniel Rzicznek

The animal looks from face to face, unworried. The train is full of strangers. Snow along the holy river breathes white steam. Name a border the human world can’t unglue. […]