Episode 33: Margo Taft Stever

Margo Taft Stever is a prolific poet who has worked with many great poets through the years and through her work founding the Hudson Valley Writers Center and Slapering Hol Press. Listen to us discuss her two books of poetry that was released this year, her work process and philosophies!

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Cracked Piano Book Cover by Margo Taft Stevens

You can purchase a copy here: CavanKerry Press

Ghost Moose Book Cover by Margo Taft Stevens

You can order your copy here: Kattywompus Press.

END OF HORSES

I write to you from the end

of the time zone. You must realize

that nothing survived after

the horses were slaughtered.

We sleep below the hollow

burned-out stars.

We look into dust bowls

searching for horses.

When you walk in the country,

you will be shocked to meet

substantial masses on the road.

We do not know whom to blame

or where the horses were driven,

who slaughtered them, or for what

purpose. Had the horses slept

under the linden trees? The generals

and engineers pucker

and snore on the veranda.

First published in chapbook, Ghost Moose, Margo Taft Stever, Kattywompus Press, 2019. Forthcoming in Canary: A Literary Journal of the Environmental Crisis.

Website: https://margotaftstever.com

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