Brian Tierney

Name: kcascio@poetryfoundation.org
Address: 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, 60654, US
Telephone: 312-787-7070

Black and white photo of Brian Tierney who has a neutral facial expression

Photo courtesy of the poet.

Brian Tierney is the author of Rise and Float (Milkweed Editions, 2022), winner of the Jake Adam York Prize. He lives in Oakland, California.

Poems by Brian Tierney

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  Brian Tierney and Charif Shanahan on Poetry as a Verb, Truth vs Fact, and Love
  
  From The Poetry Magazine Podcast May 2023
  
  This week, Charif Shanahan continues asking the Big Questions, this time with Brian Tierney, who joins us from Oakland, California. They get into poetry as a way to pursue truth,...
  
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- poem
  
  The Butterfly
  
  By Brian Tierney
  
  It became everything to me after
  I watched its pattern,
  which told a story of a draft, here, between two
  openings, making tiny sounds
  
  that add up to laughter, a held breath, an idea of color
  trapped against the pane then fluttering open here and...
  
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- Audio
  
  Donika Kelly and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Desire Paths, Therapy, and Pleasure
  
  From The Poetry Magazine Podcast June 2023
  
  This week, new host Cindy Juyoung Ok speaks with Donika Kelly. The author of two poetry collections, The Renunciations and Bestiary, Kelly teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa. Rita Dove called The...
  
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- poem
  
  Long Distance
  
  By Brian Tierney
  
  Midway through, a haunted computer types its own questions:
  “Would you like to meet a ghost?”
  “Do you live to shovel sand or shovel sand to live?”
  
  It’s the best part of the movie,
  I think you’d like it.
  
  There’s this melody one character hears...
  
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- Audio
  
  Long Distance
  
  From Audio Poem of the Day May 2023
  
  By Brian Tierney
  
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- poem
  
  Renting
  
  By Brian Tierney
  
  Dogs barking do you hear me do you hear me yes I do
  the abridged version, sun having shone all day on their chains.
  Late-lunch squirrels lathing loquats
  with their buck front teeth and carrots
  
  disappearing from the community garden for seasonal soups
  no one...
  
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- Audio
  
  Renting
  
  From Audio Poem of the Day May 2023
  
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Brian Tierney

The Butterfly

Long Distance

Renting

Brian Tierney and Charif Shanahan on Poetry as a Verb, Truth vs Fact, and Love

Appeared in Poetry Magazine The Butterfly

Donika Kelly and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Desire Paths, Therapy, and Pleasure

Appeared in Poetry Magazine Long Distance

Long Distance

Appeared in Poetry Magazine Renting

Renting

The Butterfly

Long Distance

Renting