Brian Brown
BRIAN BROWN {[email protected]} lives in Utah Valley and works for a scrapbooking company to support his wife and four small children. He earned an MA in literature and writing from Utah State University, where his poetry placed first in the graduate level of the school’s creative writing contest. He is currently working on finding that balance between writing and living while also trying to squeeze in some music.
Articles
Puzzled
Two thousand pieces, but who
counts them? Each a puzzle
unto itself, a question of interlocking
limbs and sockets. Each a question
Emptying Pockets
Unload on the dresser top
black brick cell phone, keys,
waxy-wrapped cough drops,
two mechanical pencils, Hertz
Beyond (on the Beach)
Somewhere beyond our fire’s glow,
beyond the pops and hisses of the wood,
somewhere beyond the cool sand
covering my feet as I curl and uncurl my toes,