Felon: Poems University Of Iowa Press The Dry Heart begins and

The Dry Heart begins and ends with the matter-of-fact pronouncement: "I shot him between the eyes

Wendy almost runs over an unconscious boy lying in the middle of the road

the fiery eye contact across a crowded room

there's Ash

and mothers who once were absent are given presence and power

Felon: Poems University Of Iowa Press The Dry Heart begins andIn fierce, agile poems, Felon tells the story of the effects of incarceration canvassing a wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace and, in doing so, creates a travelogue for an imagined life. Reginald Dwayne Betts confronts the funk of post incarceration existence in traditional and newfound forms, from revolutionary found poems created by redacting court