There’s this phrase I hear myself saying to my kids in the winter, I said it again the other day: Be careful. There’s ice.

Today, finishing my winter walk, I ended up face down at the end of my driveway after slipping on a patch of ice. I did not get hurt. So, I laid there for a couple minutes, thinking about that advice I often give.

In one month, Our Sudden Museum, my new book of poems will be published by Salmon Poetry in Ireland. I’ll soon have information for you about where to purchase the text. For now, I’m providing audio previews of some of the poems in the collection.

Here’s one for the winter, which will not bury us. Though we may let it for now.

Click here to hear my poem”First Snow.”

 

 

Published by Robert Fanning, poet

Robert Fanning is the author of six books of poetry, including four full-length collections: Severance (Salmon Press, 2019), Our Sudden Museum (Salmon Press, 2017), American Prophet (Marick Press, 2009), and The Seed Thieves (Marick Press, 2006) as well as two chapbooks: Sheet Music (Three Bee Press, 2015) and Old Bright Wheel (Ledge Press Poetry Award 2003). His poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, Gulf Coast, Waxwing, Thrush, The Atlanta Review, and other journals. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Sarah Lawrence College, he is a Professor of Creative Writing at Central Michigan University.