John Pursley III teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Alabama, where he is also a poetry editor for Black Warrior Review. His recent work appears in 99, American Literary Review, Chelsea, Many Mountains Moving, The National Poetry Review, Nimrod, River City, Smartish Pace and Third Coast.

Other poems by John Pursley III in Verse Daily:
September 22, 2005:   "Capturing a Plum Blossom" " In the center of the table..."

About Center:
Poets in this issue: Pablo Peschiera, Al Maginnes, Lisa Ampleman, Willam Greenway, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Michael Hettich, Mary Crow, Robert E. Haynes, Martin Walls, K.E. Duffin, Barry Ballard, Supritha Rajan, Giovanni Pascoli, Susan Thomas, Nathan Whiting, John Pursley III