André Leon Talley

By Derrick Austin

lordly lantern

tall neon doyen

dear to

orated tenderly on art or a trend

learned (Eden Tyndale Lear Eeyore Yoda Erato Leander Leda Troy Dante Donatella Leontyne)

ornately

real

annealed oleander

lonely eye

Source: Poetry (September 2023)

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Derrick Austin is the author of Tenderness (2021) and Trouble the Water (2016), both from BOA Editions.

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