Wyn Cooper

Wyn Cooper’s sixth book of poems, The Unraveling, will appear in 2026. His work appears in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and Poetry, as well as in twenty-five anthologies of contemporary poetry. His poems have been turned into songs by Sheryl Crow and Madison Smartt Bell, among others. His first novel, Way Out West, was published in 2022 by Concord Free Press. He lives in Vermont.

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The Daily Disbursement of Sorrow

Wyn Cooper  | 
Issue 74.1-2 Spring 2025

Birds perch on wires thin as pencils, /
their claws electric, calls unanswered.