Guest Poem by John Tanner

John Tanner’s poetry has appeared in various magazines, including Acumen and Poetry Wales. Two collections have been published, Pieces and How to Make an America. A third, From the Edge, appears shortly. He is also the author of Landscapes of Language, a revisionist study of the American writer, Richard Brautigan. He was a journalist and media executive before becoming an academic and writer. He lives in North Wales. This poem is from Acumen 114.