Thirst

by Kim Dower

This piece is part of our Fall 2018 print issue.

Kim Dower

Kim Dower is the author of three collections of poetry from Red Hen Press: Air Kissing on Mars; Slice of Moon;  and Last Train to the Missing PlanetSunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave, will be published in the spring of 2019. Kim’s work has been featured in The Writer’s AlmanacPloughshares, Barrow Street, RattlePoem-A-Day, as well as in several anthologies, including Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond. She teaches Poetry and Dreaming at Antioch University.  Originally from New York City, Kim is City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood, CA.

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