Emmy Hunter has published in Fence, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere, and is the author of the chapbook No View of the Boat. A semifinalist for the Walt Whitman Award and the Center for Book Arts Chapbook Prize, she has had residencies at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center. She teaches literature and creative writing at Hunter College.
In the Moment of Sun
It comes in the beauty parlor, A small concentration in the corner, Fumes and oranges, A man requesting a wax, A woman who immediately needs sequins. This is what I wanted to discuss. Later, it happens again, At Milk, on Poinsettia, near La Brea, As I think of the cake with blue...
