Iggy Horse

Michael Earl Craig is from Dayton, Ohio, home of the gas mask and the mood ring. He is the author of Woods and Clouds Interchangeable (Wave Books, 2019), Talkativeness (Wave Books, 2014), Thin Kimono (Wave Books, 2010), Yes, Master (Fence Books, 2006), Can You Relax in My House, (Fence Books, 2002), and the chapbook Jombang Jet (Factory Hollow Press, 2012). He lives in the Shields Valley, near Livingston, Montana, where he runs a full-time farrier practice. He was the 2015-2017 Poet Laureate of Montana.

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THE TRAIN      
PREPARING FOR SLEEP          
THE GHOSTS OF CASTLE OWLS PASTFIRMAMENTS  
SHELTER IN PLACE
END TIMES     
PEP TALK TO SELF EATING SALAD AT AIRPORT         
THE RETURN OF STANISLAUS
CANDLESNUFFER       
IT WAS ABOUT TO RAIN        
PREPARING TO PAINT THE BODY OF THE DEAD CHRIST IN THE TOMB
CUBES OF ICE CLINKING        
DOCTOR FAUCI          
CHOCOLATE SANTA   
SOMEWHERE OVER GREENLAND
THE SALESMAN HAD TWO BAGSUNDERFOOT          
 
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COWBOY & PIRATE
FIELD TRIP      
AN ARM MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH A COAT SLEEVE LINED WITH TAFFETA
SPRINGTIME IN HORSE COUNTRY     
SPREZZATURA
PORTRAIT OF THE WRITER MAX HERRMANN-NEISSE
DRIVING HOME          
CALF WORSHIP          
CLOSING TIME
THE BED OF THE PHLEGMON
SAINT FINBAR’S, BURBANK   
MARIKO AOKI PHENOMENON           
RECOLLECTION                      
THE RED MITTEN                   
EVERYONE KNEW HER AS MARSHA
THE HONEYMOON     
THE BELL IN AN OAK  
 
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THE HALF-PACKED SUITCASE
FIRST COW 
I WANTED TO SAY
IT WAS TOO LATE 
CHEMISTRY 
DANCE FLOOR
STANDING AT THE WINDOW 
IGGY HORSE 
WAITING        
I’M ASKING    
BEACH SOUNDS         
POEM ATTEMPTING TO DESCRIBE AN EMOTIONAL CRISIS  
JEEPERS          
THE WISHING WELL   
WALLACE STEVENS HESITATING BEFORE AN EVENING PLAYING BRIDGE    
WALKING ALONG THE TIBER