She describes the subject’s “militant barbie breast” and “mountainous” curves as things that she desires. She wants the subject’s “tin skin,” which is repeated over and over in the poem. In this poem, Shockley writes about insecurity and wishing to be like another person on the surface. They have received four Lambda Book Awards, the Shelley Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and several other accolades. They have published twenty volumes of both poetry and prose fiction as well as art journalism and libretto work. Myles is from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of UMass Boston. The poem is in free verse and lacks punctuation except for one period in the middle. Down to their writing utensil being “the devil’s cock” which is like “a fat burnt crayon.” Myles uses the Devil as a clear reference to the personification of pure evil. In this poem, Myles uses both humor and evocative and odd imagery to transport the reader into a strange world that Myles writes from. For those wishing to explore more of their poetry, here are three more works by these authors. These established poets read selections of their work on the Saturday of the competition, but could only showcase a small portion of their work. The competition was judged by poets Eileen Myles, Evie Shockley and Hoa Nguyen. The Glascock Poetry Contest took place last week during the first weekend of National Poetry Month and featured work by students from across New England.
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