Joe Hall

Ghost Farm II

Walking away with the copper taste of blood drank from the bowl

Dug into the earth this is guarding, everything

That regains its voice by kissing gore in a punk garden

Of burnt amaranth wands and morning glories—

At the ankles of the house that is burning

Where I ate her placenta and yes it gave me power

Joe Hall's first book of poems is Pigafetta Is My Wife (Black Ocean Press 2010). His poetry and fiction have appeared in Gulf Coast, HTML Giant, Barrelhouse, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Zone 3 and elsewhere. With Wade Fletcher he co-organizes the DC area reading series Cheryl’s Gone. His second book, The Devotional Poems, is forthcoming in 2013. He no longer lives in a trailer park.

Pic courtesy of brittley