Nathaniel Perry is the author of two books of poetry, Nine Acres (APR/Copper Canyon, 2011) and Long Rules (Backwaters, 2021). Recent poems and essays appear or will appear in Image, American Poetry Review, The Common, and Kenyon Review.
I’d like to sing a new song, but all my carols / sort of sound the same: same names, same awe, / same snow in places where it doesn’t snow / often. My gods all follow the same laws...
