older than my heroes got
sold a whittled role for touch
fold within green fold my doubt
not suicidal / not joyous much

In WOLVES (lone.ly), Jonathan Ball meditates on the word “wolves” to produce a series of disjointed poems exploring the meanings the word has accrued throughout history.

Be a Thug.
Read a book.

And wear a Shirt.

The major world events of 2009 can be found and consumed and considered in this handy volume from Michael Woods. Was it a good year? Was it a bad year? You be the judge.