When What Is Lost Is Said — Blackbird Archive

← v9n1, Spring 2010

A poem about a man who lost a finger in an accident, and its phantom nightly return to his sleeping wife.

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Paul Gibbons is the author of the chapbook Bray (Elixir Press, 2008). His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Beloit Poetry Journal , The Massachusetts Review , Bateau , and The Journal . Gibbons received the 2006 Rainmaker Award from Zone 3 Press. He teaches at the University of California, Merced. Photo by Susan Varnot