Kat Hayes

Kat Hayes’s poetry has appeared in Salamander, Cimarron Review, Lake Effect, and Nimrod. Her first-prize poem, “Rosetta Stone” was selected by Network for New Music to be performed at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. She teaches poetry, essay, and memoir at Eastern University.

Poetry – Issue 26

•How He Survived

That summer, my father dug graves by hand,
twenty-five dollars each. Vietnam
was sending back bodies faster than

Poetry – Issue 26

Three people in flamenco costumes look dejected on a beach.

•Cabin

At night behind a flimsy plastic window shade
we watched as a stump slathered with bacon grease
lured foxes in. From the truck, we swept fields
with spotlights looking for deer. I learned to see