This month, we’re pleased to bring you poems by BRIONNE JANAE, GRAY DAVIDSON CARROLL, and WILBERT TURNER III.

Table of Contents

• Brionne Janae, “You Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley”
• Gray Davidson Carroll, “Aubade, or Ars Poetica as Men”
• Wilbert Turner III, “Desperado Despair”

From left to right: Brionne Janae, Gray Davidson Carroll, and Wilbert Turner III.

YOU GOT TO WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY
By Brionne Janae
                        ~ after Mississippi John Hurt

            and how did you go through it?
            and did you keep? did you keep your mind?

you got walk it for yourself

            and on returning what state did you find it in?
            as in what state were you in?
            were you where you left yourself?
            and who was left?
            was anyone left?
            and how sure were you that you could reach them?