People I’d Like to Meet
Ken Singleton & Emerson Boozer. Wait, I already met Ken Singleton &
Emerson Boozer signing autographs at some kind of auto show when I was a kid.
Emerson Boozer signing autographs at some kind of auto show when I was a kid.
Haixia Zheng, Otis Birdsong, World B. Free.
Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding. Surya Bonaly.
Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding. Surya Bonaly.
The Flash. Lucille Ball. Rosemarie Waldrop.
A helicopter. A litter of kittens. A pair of mittens.
A helicopter. A litter of kittens. A pair of mittens.
A bolt of lightning. Ellen Page, Kesha. Martellus Bennett.
Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, & the Blue Marvel.
Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, & the Blue Marvel.
A raindrop. A footprint. 2,000 years.
An image of an image of Billie Holiday.
An image of an image of Billie Holiday.
Yayoi Kusama, Robert Smithson, Jenny Holzer.
(I already met Henry Rollins & Mike Watt & Vincent Price in bookstores.)
(I already met Henry Rollins & Mike Watt & Vincent Price in bookstores.)
Jane Freilicher. James Schuyler.
A dozen roses or slices of bread.
A dozen roses or slices of bread.
The He & She from the That’s What They Said jokes.
The They & Them from They’re Making Me Do Things statements.
The They & Them from They’re Making Me Do Things statements.
Kathleen Hanna. Ian Curtis. Yolandi Visser. MIA.
Lana Turner, named after the journal. After Frank O’Hara. John Cage.
Lana Turner, named after the journal. After Frank O’Hara. John Cage.
Vanilla, almond, cardamom, & coconut.
A poor excuse. A field of wheat.
A poor excuse. A field of wheat.
Edward Field. Some kind of statement. A lemon tree.
Kafka. An undocumented week.
Kafka. An undocumented week.
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Bruce Covey’s sixth book of poetry, Change Machine, was published by Noemi Press in 2014. He lives in Atlanta, GA, where he publishes and edits Coconut magazine and Coconut Books and curates the What’s New in Poetry video reading series for the literary web community Real Pants. He also serves as Small Press Editor for Boog City and has taught at Yale, Emory, and the Atlanta College of Art.
