Harper, Misty 2004
I salute you with high-falutin’
salutations–Down to the Minutiae,
Postmarked,
– Misty Harper, “Dear General”
Broadside of “Dear General” by Misty Harper
Buy this broadside in a series with Kristy Bowen and Katrina Vandenberg⇒
Listen to Misty Harper read her poetry for the Poetry Center of Chicago Reading Series, with Kristy Bowen and Katrina Vandenberg:
Misty Harper begins reading at 38:00 minutes.
The morning had been grimy
no dew pinched our ears
a persistent roughness ate at our cuffs
the afternoon we swore would be different
we would take pains we would see to it
– Misty Harper, “We Went Away”
