The children stumbled in from the west, through the rough sedges by the wild corn where the dogs are not allowed to wander after dark, their faces streaked with sweatdirt and fieldcake; black and brown topsoil across their bodies. The tallest boy carried the smaller, his brother we supposed, and he said not a word,…Continue Reading “From Where the Wood Burns Black”
Author: Stephen Scott Whitaker
Stephen Scott Whitaker is a member of National Book Critics Circle, and the editor for The Broadkill Review. His poems have appeared in Oxford Poetry, Grub Street, and Anderbo, among other journals. His first full length book of poems, All My Rowdy Friends, was a finalist for the 13th annual USA Book awards.