Photo of Corey Mesler by Toby Mesler

Photo: Toby Mesler

Corey Mesler has been published in numerous anthologies and journals including Poetry, Gargoyle, Five Points, Lunch Ticket, Good Poems American Places, and New Stories from the South. He has published over 50 books of fiction and poetry. His newest book, Memphis Movie Two, a novel, is from Whiskey Tit. With his wife he runs Burke’s Book Store (est. 1875) in Memphis.

i might look like robert frost but i feel just like jesse james – poetry

i might look like robert frost but i feel just like jesse james is a late-life collection of poems. This newest assemblage grapples with aging, dying, parenting, loving, poor health, and the heart's resiliency. There’s a lot of looking back. There’s an equal amount of looking at what is in front of the author.