Jefferson Carter has work in such journals as Carolina Quarterly, Barrow Street, and Rattle. Chax Press (Tucson) published his ninth collection, Get Serious: New and Selected Poems, a Southwest Best Book of 2013. Yesternow (Moonstone Press: Philadelphia)) is now available through his website: jeffersoncarterverse.com
Carter lives in Tucson with his wife Connie. He taught composition and poetry for 30 years at Pima Community College.
To a narcissist, all
the world’s a mirror.
The day I misread
the no trespassing sign
in the laundromat window
as no trepanning, I retired
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