C Dale Young

C. Dale Young is the author of four collections of poetry, including Torn (Four Way Books 2011) and The Halo(Four Way Books), forthcoming in early 2016.  A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, he practices medicine full-time and teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.

  • THE LIGHTS ON THE BOATS

    I didn’t start this to break anyone’s heart.
  • Annunciation

    I learned to hide the wings, almost immediately,