Brake
Kate DeLay | Poetry
Under the acres, an adieu
Under the anger, an angle
Under the blood, a bloom
Under the breach, a breadth
Under the cows, a coward
Under the debt, a decade
Under the face, a failing
Under the hunger, a husband
Under the leak, a leaning
Under the mother, a motor
Under the mother, a muddle a muse a music
Under the oracle, an orchard
Under the penny, a people
Under the pond, a pontificate
Under the rain, a rampage
Under the reflection, a refrain
Under the sight, a silence
Under the sky, a slander
Under the slaughter, a sleep
Under the tenor, a tension
Under the vultures, a wake
Under the woman, a womb
Under the womb, a worry
Under the worry, a worship
Under the worship, a wound
Kate DeLay is a poet from Tennessee. Her work can be found or forthcoming in The Iowa Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 2023 William Matthews Poetry Prize, selected by Diane Seuss. Kate is Black Warrior Review’s Editor in Chief.