Headline from National Public Radio // 3 March 2020
Buckshot with red spots, our world limps
into autumn. If I look at the map on the TV
close enough I can s...
Patrick Wilcox is from Independence, Missouri, a large suburb just outside Kansas City best known for the Oregon Trail, Harry S. Truman, and in more recent decades, production of methamphetamine. He studied English and Creative writing at the University of Central Missouri. He is a three-time recipient of the David Baker Award for Poetry and 2020 honorable mention of Ninth Letter’s Literary Award in Poetry. His work has appeared in Arcade, Knockout, Quarter After Eight, Bangalore, and MacGuffin. He teaches English Language Arts at William Chrisman High School.