A sky
so old

it was
still

made
of stone

the moon

in its
phases

still
an eye

closing
slowly

slowly
opening

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

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• Biblia Pauperum at the Accents Store
• T. Crunk author page

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.