Coffin Oseberg Covered Wagon for All Our Grievous Doings by Danielle Pafunda

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 7, 2016   Coffin Oseberg Covered Wagon for All Our Grievous Doings   Danielle Pafunda

What use in you you wrong wrought wood what bevel escaped its key. A mandible beyond its prey an arrow all shaft in each one its torso oddly pierced and tails that spring like thistle weed a root that wears a vacant stay and tacky to the touch its itch to form a place gone red with west and who will ride your behest?   Your Pegasus, your polar bear no need to build nor ride. A crank that fails to meet its shaft a terminal inside where thorax says that form is fact and bid that bird it tried till eyes were tooled from spit-balled wad formaldehyde and crime. Bury what you preach, why not, in the hull that wooden rind.            Copyright © 2016 Danielle Pafunda. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “Thank goodness it’s all so flammable. The Pegasus and polar bear, it should be noted, belong to the artist and writer Reagan Wilson. She kindly lent them to me.” —Danielle Pafunda   Danielle Pafunda is the author of The Dead Girls Speak in Unison (Bloof Books, 2016). She teaches at the University of Wyoming and lives in Laramie, Wyoming. Poetry by Pafunda   The Dead Girls Speak in Unison (Bloof Books, 2016) "Blue or Green" by James Galvin "Northern Pike" by James Wright "Did Not Come Back" by Lucie Brock-Broido Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038