W. B. Keckler's book Sanskrit of the Body was selected by Mary Oliver for the National Poetry Series. It is available through Penguin Books. His poetry, prose, and verbo-visual art have appeared in several hundred magazines here and abroad since 1990. Keckler is also a playwright and has written several screenplays. His poetry and plays have received many accolades, including two Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative American Poetry and fellowships from the National Endowment on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
I have eaten
the pigeons
that were in
the park
...
The man in love with a goat, in bed, will still talk about it.
The man in love with a goat will have the goat's presence there with him in bed, like a ghost, like Helen of Troy.
...