There is no real separation between who April is as a poet and her role as a teacher.  Eventually, even her students begin to appear in her work. Teachering Manifesto You do this thing where you speed 66 in a 60 MPH zone with the windows rolled down--the heated air blows  your mind clean of all the … Continue reading Teachery Poems

  The following poems appeared in the chapbook, Sand River and Other Places I've Been from Finishing Line Press.  The book is now out-of-print, but the writer has several copies on-hand available for purchase upon request. Nineteen In the summer of 2010, my daughter turned two, the heat blanket-thick, too hot to sleep, too moist to … Continue reading Featured Poems from Sand River