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Vievee Francis

Vievee Francis

April 17, 2013 by PBQ

Vievee Francis, is the author of two poetry collections Blue-Tail Fly (WSU Press, 2006) and Horse in the Dark (Northwestern University Press, 2012). Her work has appeared in various journals including Boxcar Review, Indiana Review and Best American Poetry 2010 among others. Work is forthcoming in Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry. She was the recipient of a 2009 […]

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Vievee Francis: Moonshine

March 29, 2013 by PBQ

deceptive in its transparency, A mountain stream I could take a quick tube down And find myself whipped over, drowning, laughing.   Give me a whiskey in a dark booth, two shots in the hand across the table insisting I have more. I want more.   Make the booth leather, let the leather be torn, […]

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Vievee Francis: Wolf

March 29, 2013 by PBQ

cause I was a bad boy, so my daddy tol me the story ‘bout the wolf and lil  red rilin hood                                              ~HowlinWolf 1 It’s licking your door knob You know it’s there                (yesyoudo) Sound so subtle     if not for the scent you might pretend it’s the rustle of needles over theporch boards you might pretend […]

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