Shari M. Wagner
Shari Wagner, Indiana’s fifth Poet Laureate, is the author of The Harmonist at Nightfall: Poems of Indiana (Bottom Dog Press, 2013) and Evening Chore (Cascadia, 2005). Her poems have appeared in North American Review, The Writer’s Almanac, and American Life in Poetry. She teaches for the Indiana Writers Center and Butler University’s Religion, Spirituality and the Arts Initiative.
(photo credit -- Rachel Greenberg)
Reading List
The Farm Wife Goes to Another Reunion
I remember when we played wild rounds of Dutch Blitz till milking time. But now no one owns a cow, the young rarely come, and when they do, they leave after lunch. This year we gather at a state park …
The Farm Wife Turns Off the TV Evangelist
The Jesus I grew up with likes to be outside. If he’s not fishing, he’s picking figs or showing off his mustard crop. He prefers dusty roads, the common sparrow, and lilies of the field. When he knocks on your …