Diminution

by Charles Rafferty

A chapbook collection of prose poetry.

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Sample poem:

Obscurity
I am a fourth magnitude star above Manhattan, a full moon rising beside me. I am blue socks in a drawer of blue socks. I am the shell passed over by children and hermit crabs alike. I am the feather of an ordinary finch drifting on the wind, the impact of which will never be heard, no matter how hard the hit.

28 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2016

About the author

Charles Rafferty is a poet, editor, and director of the MFA program at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Literature and Language, and later received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas. He has published four books of poetry along with several chapbooks, had his work published in The New Yorker and RATTLE, and in 2009 received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.