A new chapbook of poems, written since Garren’s The Piercing appeared in 2006, will be published by 42 Miles Press in late summer/fall, 2010. Here is a sample, a poem that originally appeared in Poetry:
The Water
they fetched the water
and then when they reached the house, it was useless
fecal and chemical–
miles they’d walked– a life
along a ridge on into the next country, to the covert waterfall–
had they been dreaming?
yes, they had been dreaming–
that was her favorite part– the dream part– all the sun and
chrysanthemums
and the poppies
by a church wall– the dream part
when the water gatherers were certain
they could ease their mother’s dying
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