Winnower: Poems

By Aaron Brown

A collection that alternates between celebration and lament, Winnower traces the experiences of an American poet growing up in war-torn Chad, Africa.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Release date: Dec 24, 2013
• ISBN: 9781498271011

Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown is a screenwriter, author, advertising copywriter and performer. He's a devoted side-sleeper - two pillows, two duvets, no top sheet. He lives in New Jersey with the loves of his life - Emily, Jake, Devin and Ziggy.

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Winnower

Poems

Aaron Brown

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Winnower

Poems

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for Minda

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following literary journals for publishing these poems:

Illya’s Honey: Africa to Europe

Kodon: Sea Burial and Taxi #442 which appeared as Yassin

North Central Review: Automaton Man (A Life)

The Pub: On the Chadian Civil War

Warscapes: Memory Across Ocean

Windhover: Evacuation Ebenezer

My thanks also to Minda Brown, Eric Kozlik, and Will Fargason for revision help.

Invocation

The woman bent to gather grain onto the woven straw,

piled the millet in the center,