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James Henry Knippen

James Henry Knippen‘s poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, 32 Poems, Mid-American Review, Missouri Review Online, West Branch, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and Blackbird, among other journals. He is the poetry editor of Newfound and teaches at Texas State University.

Mar/Apr 2017

Poem; Portents

By James Henry Knippen

Poem Like a yellow light means drive faster. Like the metal stem of an umbrella makes one feel larger in a lightning storm. Like night makes passages vaster. Like death […]