MICRO when the sea swallows us / whole—which will be / soon—i will learn to / swallow the whole sea. MICRO Popeye and The Three Stooges. My favorite
poem without awakening
from Notes on my father
Stooge was Shemp: replaced, forgotten.
Marlin M. Jenkins
Marlin M. Jenkins was born and raised in Detroit. His poetry and fiction have been given homes by Indiana Review, The Rumpus, Waxwing, and Iowa Review, among others. He teaches writing and literature at University of Michigan, where he earned his MFA in poetry.
