Philip Dacey
Ducks on a Lake
Butts up, bottom-feeding.
Do I look like that, too,
bottom-feeding?
Philip Dacey, the winner of three Pushcart Prizes for his poetry, is the author of eleven books, most recently Mosquito Operas: New and
Selected Short Poems (Rain Mountain Press, 2010) and Vertebrae Rosaries: 50 Sonnets (Red Dragonfly Press, 2008) as well as whole
collections about Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Eakins, and New York City. His twelfth book, Gimme Five, won the Blue Light Press 2012 Book Award and will appear in 2013. He recently moved from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to Minneapolis. His website is
www.philipdacey.com
Return to May 2013 Edition
Butts up, bottom-feeding.
Do I look like that, too,
bottom-feeding?
Philip Dacey, the winner of three Pushcart Prizes for his poetry, is the author of eleven books, most recently Mosquito Operas: New and
Selected Short Poems (Rain Mountain Press, 2010) and Vertebrae Rosaries: 50 Sonnets (Red Dragonfly Press, 2008) as well as whole
collections about Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Eakins, and New York City. His twelfth book, Gimme Five, won the Blue Light Press 2012 Book Award and will appear in 2013. He recently moved from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to Minneapolis. His website is
www.philipdacey.com
Return to May 2013 Edition