Matthew Burgess teaches creative writing and composition at Brooklyn College. He has been a poet-in-residence in New York City elementary schools since 2001, and currently he is completing his PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lungfull!, Hanging Loose, EOAGH, Court Green, and Ping Pong, and he recently […]
Matthew Burgess
Matthew Burgess: Gentlemen Prefer Gentlemen
Poolside in a cruise
ship gymnasium
Jane’s scene opens
Matthew Burgess: Nocturne
Maybe an orange
will help. Or a
Minneola tangelo.
Matthew Burgess: Inner Meats
The way this sunrise pools thickly
onto brick tenements like mnemonic