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Len Lawson

About Len Lawson

Len Lawson is the author of the upcoming poetry collection Chime (Get Fresh Books, 2019), the chapbook Before the Night Wakes You (Finishing Line Press, 2017) and the editor of Hand in Hand: Poets Respond to Race (Muddy Ford Press, 2017). He is a Ph.D. student in English Literature and Criticism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He currently teaches English at the University of South Carolina Sumter.

When I Fly Too Close to the Sun I Don’t Smell Melting Wax

"I did not ask for a father as an inventor but he could /rig a fire pit or a cane fishing pole just the same /He concocted the formula for my wings by making me /feel free"

February 12, 2018 by Len Lawson Leave a Comment

“I did not ask for a father as an inventor but he could /rig a fire pit or a cane fishing pole just the same /He concocted the formula for my wings by making me /feel free”