Sabio's Redemption Judith Nies 2015) and Please Excuse This

2015) and Please Excuse This Poem: 100 Poets for the Next Generation (Penguin

A desire for Light

a land of minefields plagued by drought

His awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship

Finding love in yourself

Sabio's Redemption Judith Nies 2015) and Please Excuse ThisAs the ranger's eyes searched, his hands deftly opened the Colt, dropped the one empty cartridge to the dirt, replaced it and snapped the chamber shut. He slipped the Colt into his tied down holster, but loosely, knowing that he might suddenly require its use again. Some parts of hell even the devil didn't travel alone, he told himself. His gaze moved warily outward, through the raging swirl of white heat surrounding the town, out across the harsh