“Hideous beauty, I shake you loose
from a cushion of the wicker chair
where, it seems, you’ve gone to die.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Dobsonfly” by Claire McQuerry from Vol. 33:1 of CALYX Journal! Buy the full issue here.
Claire McQuerry is the author of Lacemakers (Southern Illinois University Press, 2011), winner of the Crab Orchard First Book Prize. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, Poetry Northwest, Fugue, Waxwing, and other journals. She is an Assistant Professor at Bradley University. clairemcquerry.com.