When tendency
derails intent
(C4, C5 out
of line) buckled
first thing by
routine
sheet-smoothing;
it’s so
light, the throw
that settles,
so divides
a tensile spine
Locomotion
Cate Lycurgus
Cate Lycurgus’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Tin House, Orion, and elsewhere. A 2014 Ruth Lilly Fellowship Finalist, she has also received scholarships from Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences and was named one of Narrative’s 30 Under 30 Featured Writers.