Jim Daniels’ latest book, The Luck of the Fall, his seventh collection of short fiction, was published by Michigan State University Press in July. Recent poetry books include The Human Engine at Dawn, Wolfson Press, and Gun/Shy, Wayne State University Press. A native of Detroit, he lives in a condo in an old church on the Southside of Pittsburgh and teaches in the Alma College low-residency MFA program.

Other poems by Jim Daniels in Verse Daily:
October 20, 2023:   "Elegy for the Exquisite" "Loneliness trumped loveliness..."
February 16, 2021:   "Tone Deaf" "Who can blame the piano player..."
April 5, 2020:   "Gospel" "I saw the Great Blue Heron today..."
January 15, 2018:   "A Brief History of Evolution" "God carved his name in cement...."
November 20, 2017:   "Hair on Fire" "We ironed fall leaves..."
September 20, 2013:   "Poetica No Apologia Arty Kumbaya" "I am not a minister's son or a former pro boxer..."
May 26, 2011:   "David Bowie Esperanto" "A flash of metal trash in a vacant lot...."
May 18, 2011:   "Flight Log" "The prop plane tilts a wing..."
August 4, 2005:   "Historical Accuracy "The way she hummed made me want..."

Books by Jim Daniels:

Other poems on the web by Jim Daniels:
Two poems
"Hit and Run"
Two poems
"Timbre"
"October"
Four poems
Two poems
Three poems
"Wheels"
Two poems
"Factory Love"
Four poems
Two poems
"Prodigal Son Returns to Warren, Michigan"
"Past My Bedtime Suite"
"Biopsy"
Two poems
Three poems
Three poems
Three poems

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