In the valley
of salt

the blood
snake glides

through the garden
of glass roses

sister of distance

passing
from my life—

only whispers
and dust

only darkness
divisible

–T. Crunk,
Biblia Pauperum (2013)
Accents Publishing

Tony Crunk’s first collection of poetry, Living in the Resurrection, was chosen by James Dickey as the 1994 selection in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. He has since published a number of children’s books, as well as several additional collections of poetry and short fiction. He currently lives in Montgomery, Alabama.