Olentangy River, 2019
“god bless, then, the poisonous / carp these fishermen toss // back into the river,”
Akhim Yuseff Cabey
Akhim Yuseff Cabey was born in the Bronx, New York. A Pushcart Prize-winning Black author, his debut poetry collection Get Funky, Get Swoll is forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press. His work has appeared in Colorado Review, RHINO, Indiana Review, The Florida Review, Shenandoah, Callaloo, and elsewhere. A six-time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, he now lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he teaches Adult Education. He can be found on Instagram @the_fit_poet.