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Catherine Pierce
Catherine Pierce is the poet laureate of Mississippi and author of four books of poems, most recently Danger Days. She is always up for a hike, a round of minigolf, or a carnival.
Poetry
Why I Respect the Dog
The dog weighs twelve pounds / and uses them as she pleases. / The king-size bed is not big enough. / Sleep enabler, stretch-monger, / when she wants to be touched, / she offers up the narrow white arc / of her belly. When a loud face / crowds her, she growls. Or, depending / on the weather, the time, the face, /she doesn’t.
July 2024
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