jock librarian

Meena Alexander summons up ancestors.
Sandra M. Castillo swims across an island of memory.
Richard Blanco examines brown sugar histories.
Andrei Codrescu deconstructs modern culture.
All of the above make me think, but Justin Chin makes me smile. Check out "directions":

I've told you
once before
not to
ask
Gertrude Stein
for directions.
We need
to get
there
by suppertime.