Lou Lipsitz

Lou Lipsitz teaches political science at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He’s the author of two books of poetry, Cold Water and Reflections on Samson.

Poetry

Anniversary Of My Father’s Death

For you, Dad, I turn on the ballgame. // It doesn’t matter which game, exactly, / does it? // So familiar, the way you spent the long hours / of your freedom, soaking up the drama, huge / warrior men in combat, lifting themselves / out of the mud

August 1998

Poetry