Brian Swann’s most recent poetry collection is Imago (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023), and his latest fiction is Ya-Honk! Goes the Wild Gander (MadHat Press, 2024). He is professor emeritus of humanities at Cooper Union in New York City.
Article Poem | The Gods “The gods / return, dust from a bee’s wings, this small brown moth / just landed on my arm By Brian Swann February 24, 2025 Poetry
Article Poem | Red Swan ‘Out of nowhere, a swan, red / with dawn, calling “Quick! I’m it, you’re it!”’ By Brian Swann January 27, 2025 Poetry
Article Poem | Pebble “The wind // sings stones with voices / from where there are none” By Brian Swann October 31, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | Fish “Wavelets / rasping rocks, / replying as glass to glass / glass through glass” By Brian Swann July 18, 2023 Poetry
Article Poem | Bats “Any mistake’s no big deal as they / do things their own way, sleeping // all day in attic and eave” By Brian Swann August 30, 2022 Poetry
Article Two Poems by Brian Swann “Stars sting, flint / fer-de-lance, bloom / like neurons” By Brian Swann January 25, 2022 Poetry
