Christopher DeWeese will publish his first book, The Black Forest, with Octopus Books in 2011. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Boston Review, Denver Quarterly, Field, jubilat, and Tin House. He lives in Atlanta, where he currently teaches poetry at Agnes Scott College and Emory University.

Other poems by Christopher DeWeese in Verse Daily:
August 11   "The Seastack" "I walked out there..."
August 3   "The Pier" "There is no amusement..."
May 10, 2010:   "The Black Forest" "A boorish silence fills the forest..."
October 21, 2009:   "Beat the Ranger" "I am from extremely real streets...."

Other poems on the web by Christopher DeWeese:
"The Pond"
"The Happy Cloud"
"Wear a Red Hat, I Will Too"
Five poems
"Poem for Secretary's Day"
from The Orienteer
Two poems
Four poems

Christopher DeWeese's Blog.

Christopher DeWeese on Twitter.

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