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Mickie Kennedy

Mickie Kennedy is too afraid to read his horror comic book collection after dark. His first book of poetry, Worth Burning, will be published by Black Lawrence Press in February 2026. He lives in Baltimore County, Maryland.

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Guarding the Coop

I watch for the fox that’s slaughtered / three Rhode Island Reds, the hens / just lumps of bloodied feathers I buried / before my son and daughter woke this morning.

December 2024

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