House of Bones"Viscerally particular," Williams's debut chapbook explores masculinity, aging, and spirituality through the body's architecture.The National Federation of State Poetry Societies, 2014
Ian C. Williams
Ian C. Williams is a poet and teacher from Appalachia. He is also the editor-in-chief for Jarfly: A Poetry Magazine. His debut full-length collection of poems, Every Wreckage, is forthcoming from Fernwood Press in 2023.
Fairmont, WV, United States
Chapbooks
Selected work (24 publications)
"Call It What It Is"After I boil this carton of eggs, then I will sleep.
After the rolling boil smooths to a line, after I peel away
their shells, then I will call it what it is.
This attempt at forgiveness.
poetry
“They Say Time Will Tell, But I've Got a Brick and a Storm Cellar That Say Time Better Keep Its Mouth Shut"
poetry
"Homecoming" and "My Son Tried Skydiving Today and I Didn't Like It"
poetry
​“What The King's Son Knows of Royalty"When Absalom hung by his hair
in the twisted limbs of the deepwoods—
too many spears piercing his chest—
the murmuring creatures emerged from the bloodweed
and fern to see him turning silently
above them like drying lavender, like a sway
poetry