John Hennessy is the poet in residence at UMass who just released a book last year, Bridge and Tunnel. This poem is one of my favorites from the book. Listen to it; it’s great on the page but its sound is incredibly resonant.
Bachelorhood
by John Hennessy
Argument—hostile sex—burgeoning dread:
Phoebe said. Box me at Connacht’s Irish bar
again, love. [...]

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