James Arthur was born in Connecticut and raised in Canada. His debut poetry collection is entitled Charms against Lightning (Copper Canyon Press, 2012). Arthur has taught composition at Northwest Missouri State University and is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins. He lives in the Baltimore area with his wife, the fiction writer Shannon Robinson.

The Sympathy of Angels

by James Arthur

Being of tragic bent
we incline to the future


and the past. But we
see you. We
see how tired you are
as you lean on your rifle
People on couch
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