The State’s First Co-Ed Prison
In the state’s first co-ed prison/ we mingle with fellow inmates/ in the Great Room.
William Doreski lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His most recent collection of poetry is Waiting for the Angel (2009). He has published three critical studies, including Robert Lowell’s Shifting Colors. His essays, poetry, fiction, and reviews have appeared in many journals, including Massachusetts Review, Notre Dame Review, The Alembic, New England Quarterly, Harvard Review, Modern Philology, Antioch Review, Natural Bridge. He won the 2010 Aesthetica poetry prize.
In the state’s first co-ed prison/ we mingle with fellow inmates/ in the Great Room.
On Easter I gather my sins/ and box them to mail to China.
