When the river at last has fled its bed
“we parse the difference between / jealousy and envy / & carry curved sticks / pointing nowhere.”
Michael Mercurio
Michael Mercurio lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. His poems have appeared (or are forthcoming) in The Indianapolis Review, Crab Creek Review, Rust + Moth, poems2go, and Sugar House Review. In addition, his reviews appear in the Lily Poetry Review, and he serves on the steering committee for the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival (formerly the Amherst Poetry Festival.)