Swimming Swimmers Swimming Author:Percival Everett These poems question the sounds that are meaning. They interrogate where meaning resides and whether they are in any way, rigidly or loosely, wed to the words that carry it. There is a nod toward logic and at once an acceptance of its limits. These poems are landscapes, the meaning altering with the movement of clouds, with the changing light. I... more »rony sometimes is the way we can be earnest.« less