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Michael Metivier

Michael Metivier’s poems and essays have appeared in publications including Poetry, EcoTheo Review, Crazyhorse, African American Review, LAAB, and Northern Woodlands. He lives with his wife and daughters in Vermont.

Poetry

July/Aug 2022

Rough Idyll

By Michael Metivier

The Kenyon Review · Two Poems by Michael Metivier No gun for woodchucks / no heart to shoot one if I had / one whistles behind the burn pile / […]