William Powley
WILLIAM POWLEY received his B.A. in English at Brigham Young University. His poems have appeared in BYU Studies, Sierra Nevada Review, Sunstone, Exponent II, Zarahemlah, and other journals. An earlier version of this poem appeared in the August 1991 New Era.
Jackrabbits
Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 1
Grandma teased us
for the time it took
to kill one jackrabbit
on our backyard picnic table.
When I Swam for the Utah Valley Dolphins
Articles/Essays – Volume 25, No. 2
My mom could sleep each night
without waking except
when my ear ached so much
I became a nightmare