Brian Czyzyk is a poet from Traverse City, Michigan. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in RHINO Poetry, Gulf Coast, Tampa Review, Ninth Letter, and Poetry Magazine. He is currently a Creative Writing PhD student at the University of North Texas where he serves as Poetry Editor for American Literary Review.

POETRY

Atmospheric Conditions

By BRIAN CZYZYK

to pluck / each string and hear a
dissonant throat / opening into water