Authors / Brian Tierney

Brian Tierney is the author of Rise and Float, winner of the 20 – 2021 Jake Adam York Prize (Milkweed Editions, 2022). He grew up in Philadelphia, and currently lives in Oakland, CA, where he teaches poetry at The Writing Salon.

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To The Reasoning Of Eternal Voices, To The Waves That Have Kept Me From Reaching You—

“The chaplain tracing a cross / of oil with his thumb on your forehead, and your eyes following / upward his hand, then holding, following, / holding.”

Brian Tierney October 1, 2021