Poem of the Week: “June” by Lightsey Darst

vprThe VPR Poem of the Week is “June” by Lightsey Darst, which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2008 issue (Volume IX, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Lightsey Darst received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Literature in 2007. She is the author of Find the Girl (Coffee House Press, 2010). Her work also has been published in various literary journals, including Antioch Review, Gulf Coast, The Literary Review, and New Letters.

Tuesday of each week One Poet’s Notes highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.