In the Belly

David Gewanter teaches writing at Harvard University. His poetry and prose appear in several journals, including Threepenny Review, Tikkun, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, and Agni, and in anthologies such as The National Poetry Competition, and New Voices (Academy of American Poets).

Acknowledgments Annals of the Wonder-Cabinet In the Belly English I Yeartime for the Intifada The Pardon Goya's The Third of May, 1808 Letter In My Desk Boy's Poem The Competition Shield A Prayer for Theft Catalunya: A Letter Formula From the Circle of Lovers The Abortion Leg-of-Mutton Pond Three for the Organ-Grinder "Waste Ground & Weeds" Conduct of Our Loves Bill Early Words Rock, Paper, Scissors Tetragrammaton My Father's Autopsy Bleish the Barber Push Play Leopard Man Last Garden Tribute The Fossil Notes