One Poem by Dan Chelotti
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Dan Chelotti for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
New Birds
for C.B.S.
Lush Winter.
Choke Hug.
Sprite Meadow.
Blossomless
Dawn. Still
Fallow. Twig
Heave. Weak
Kneed. Not
Gone. Not Yet.
Bridge Song.
Baraban.
Oil Can.
Cry Hope.
Walkout.
Whylife.
The White
Throated
Whylife.
Feather pail.
Robot Nail.
The Great
New Way.
The Lesser
Highwaysong.
The Mirandabird.
The Blue
Alltogethernow.
The Old God.
The Quiet One.
The Chimneysweep.
The White Sun.
And last but
Not least,
The King Tut,
So named
For the way
They tut .
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Dan Chelotti runs the Blue House Presents Visiting Writer’s Series at Elms College. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Conduit, the Iowa Review, and Poetry. His writing and interviews have appeared in the Huffington Post, the Kenyon Review Online, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is the author of x (McSweeney’s).
Readers are encouraged to submit 3–5 poems as a PDF to Wendy Xu for consideration at poetry@hyperallergic.com.
