Body

I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman I sing the body electric,

A Hand by Jane Hirshfield A hand is not four fingers and a thumb

Danse Russe by William Carlos Williams If when my wife is sleeping

Bodyweight by Matthew Schwartz My crutches felt heavier than I was

In the Surgical Theatre by Dana Levin In the moment between

homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton these hips are big hips.

Human Atlas by Marianne Boruch Because the body really

The Tongue by Chris Martin So taste

For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours by John Hodgen He's supposed to call his doctor, but for now he's the May King with his own Maypole

Ghost in the Land of Skeletons by Christopher Kennedy If not for flesh's pretty paint

After tagging the dust your body is made of by Jen Tynes After tagging the dust your body is made of

Guessing My Death [excerpt] by CAConrad by choking in

Slight Tremor by Linda Gregerson The fine fourth finger

Textbook & Absence (Anatomy) by Catherine Barnett At school he studies the human body