TOBY HANCHETT...








Toby Hanchett Bio:

Toby Hanchett has published poetry in journals such as Candelabrum, Studio and Long Island Quarterly. He has been a featured poet at venues in the Boston area and New York City. He grew up in Long Island and now lives in Brooklyn: he started from Paumanok, wandered for awhile, and came back. He writes in order to see and hear and understand better - himself, others, and the World.




MEDUSA

Between
my
One

and
the
Face

of
many
lies

a
still
ocean

a
cobbled
highway

and
fields
of

light
year
an

original
triathlon
of

genius
exertion
through

time
space
and

regions
of
grace

Perseus
my
friend

lend
me
your

wits
Lord
my

Lord
put
away

this
sword



Toby Hanchett
thanchett@gmail.com