Wait (Brittingham Prize in Poetry)

Wait (Brittingham Prize in Poetry)

In a small town under a spell, a child bride prays for the sheriff's gun. Iron under a bed stops a nightmare. The carousel artist can carve only birds. Part fairy tale and part gothic ballad, Wait spans a single year: the year before a young woman's marriage. Someone is always watching-from the warehouse, from the woods. And on the outskirts of town, someone new is waiting.