Dennis Hinrichsen

genesis throne feedback

mathematical and tender                             that was my first form
isolation pod often penetrated
by a well-cooked potato         
                                   then cities, the alien cities
the ramparts           kitten in each hand I felt oddly derivative
I was downy     but I was not tufted      
                                                   I kept a few ants 
as pets                  I was affiliated with stairwells 
dome-work in need of windows     
the embarrassment of downspouts          I pressed magnets
tight to their polarities          to measure ricochet
I beheld glyphs                           not of rooms but of the world 

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Dennis Hinrichsen’s twelfth book of poems, dementia lyrics, will appear from Green Linden Press in 2026. His previous books included Dominion + Selected Poems, Flesh-plastique and schema geometrica, all from Green Linden, as well as winners of the Akron, Field, Tampa, Michael Waters and Grid Poetry Prizes. He has new work appearing or forthcoming in American Literary Review, ballast, Handwritten & Co., Heavy Feather Review, Moon City Review, Notre Dame Review and Waxwing. He lives in Lansing, Michigan.