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