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With a unique, raucous, and rich history, Texas also abounds with some of the most diverse contemporary poets, many of whom consider themselves "Southern," and the eighth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology reflects this variegation with poems both traditional and experimental, Texas-centered and universal.
SOW
Chomping her chocolates
of fresh road kills, she swaggers
through her slop, oblivious
of the piglets she crushed
during last night's slumber,
squishing through the splits
of her thick, cloven hooves.
The last boar which tried
to straddle her fabulous girth
fractured both forelegs.
She dined on his carcass
for days, grunting in the shade.
--Larry Thomas
Paul Ruffin
Paul Ruffin was a Texas State University System Regents' Professor and Distinguished Professor of English at Sam Houston State University, where he also held the title of writer in residence. The 2009 Texas poet laureate, he was the author of two novels, six collections of short stories, five books of nonfiction prose, and seven collections of poetry and the editor or coeditor of 15 other books. His work appeared widely in journals and magazines in the United States and abroad and had been featured on National Public Radio.
Nick Lantz
Nick Lantz is the author of a second collection, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors' House, which won the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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