MICHAEL YOST is an essayist and poet living in rural New Hampshire with his wife and children. His essays and poems can be read at Crisis Magazine, Dappled Things, the St. Austin Review and Hearth and Field, as well as at his website, poetryofmichaelyost.com. The Deadlift The name rings hollow: pig-iron In gravity’s deep…
Samson’s Riddle – At Saint So-and-So’s – Caravaggio Catching Fireflies
MICHAEL YOST is a teacher, freelance essayist and poet. He lives in rural New Hampshire with his wife and two sons. Samson’s Riddle From the stench of rotting hide, From the hot and muscled weight of death, From the hunter’s tawny jaw, From the ancient eater’s mottled mouth, Comes wealth of peace; Comes a…