Steve Davenport, author of Uncontainable Noise (2006), Overpass (2012), and Bruise Songs (2020), reads “Moon Talk” appearing in Your Impossible Voice #26.
Steve Davenport reads “Moon Talk”
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The Son of a Bitch of Hope After
Steve Davenport
“The Son of a Bitch of Hope ate
on and off the table, ate
the table, ate the chairs, ate
the keys out the locks, ate
”
Moon Talk
Steve Davenport
“Here on the moon things are boring.
Gray as dumbbells or November,
as snow chains or the machete
I forgot at home. Never mind”
New from Steve Davenport — Bruise Songs
Steve Davenport’s Bruise Songs is aggressive—21st century blues, a rap for the times, a hymn for the hurts we bear and for which we recover.
Three new poems from Steve Davenport in The McNeese Review
Issue 11 | Summer 2016
Brash and velvety new work from Laura Legge, Elena V. Molina, Han Ong, Emile DeWeaver, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram & Steve Davenport, Debby Bloch, and more.
A Conversation on Place, Race, Gender and Poetry with Steve Davenport in Atticus Review
Contributor News: Steve Davenport
Steve Davenport’s (“Dear No. 2 Pencil, Decomposing in Whiskey,” “Dear Lost Motel,” Issue 1) most recent book of poems, Overpass, is now on a virtual two-book shelf, courtesy of The Breast Cancer Consortium, with John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars.Also, David Wright’s...
Contributor News: Steve Davenport
Steve Davenport (“Dear No. 2 Pencil, Decomposing in Whiskey,” “Dear Lost Motel,” Issue 1) has two poems reprinted, a short essay on place and poetry, and a four-question interview at Atticus Review. His poem “True Confessions,” from his second collection Overpass,...
2014 Your Impossible Voice Pushcart Nominations
We at Your Impossible Voice are thrilled to announce our very first nominations for the Pushcart Prize.The Traiguén Epidemic by Alejandra Costamagna, Translated by Mary G. BergExcerpt from Early Spring by Alvin LuMistral by Lisa Williamsfrom x y z & & by...
Issue 1 | Fall 2013
Your Impossible Voice publishes brash and velvety new work from around the globe. The debut issue features new work from award winning authors and poets, including Jessica Hagedorn, Gillian Conoley, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Arisa White, and more.
Steve Davenport reads Dear No. 2 Pencil, Decomposing in Whiskey
A product of American Bottom, an Illinois floodplain across the Mississippi from St. Louis, Steve Davenport is the author of two poetry collections: Overpass (2012) and Uncontainable Noise (2006). His poems, stories, and essays have been anthologized, reprinted, and...