The following poem was recently posted to Slate with a podcast reading by the author.To Read by Michael McFeeHe held the opened bookin both hands, at arm's length,as if he were a student driverpracticing steering this Model ABCthat resisted his touch,that he could tell he wouldn't knowhow to control once it started,not yet able to ease his gripor surrender his frownand learn to let the sentences unwind,letting their momentumcarry him down the waiting road,Stopping and starting his wayinto a world of words.__________Poet Michael McFee directs the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. The author of ten books of poetry and...
