1997—Dekalb, IL memory of a scene witnessed on a Sunday stroll past a public housing project for naturalized Vietnamese refugees, in a farmtown west of Chicago Nervous chatter like a hum, they [...]
The parasitic wars through which we Tolerate our pets. The pink bright Crusts of furless skin like clowns’ Tights down the backs of legs—quick Twists of necks to nip their bellies And [...]
Dan Stryk teaches World Literature and Creative Writing at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, VA. His poetry and prose have appeared in a wide variety of literary journals, including [...]