Patrick Carrington is the poetry editor at Mannequin Envy (www.
mannequinenvy.com). His manuscript Thirst (Codhill, 2007) won
Codhill Press’ 2006 Poetry Chapbook Award and can be found at
www.codhill.com. He has poetry forthcoming in The Connecticut
Review, The Evansville Review, The New York Quarterly, Painted
Bride Quarterly, Hunger Mountain, and other journals. His first book-
length collection, Rise, Fall, and Acceptance (MSR Publishing,
2006), is available at Main St. Rag's online bookstore. (www.
mainstreetrag.com).
At 7 A.M. Through Unkempt Glass
Boning the Dreamers
Once I Fell
Returning Her Home Disheveled
Union Square