Poetry by Frank William Finney

Sinking in the snow
after feeding my hens.

A light bulb peeks
through the coop’s icy mesh

Feathers feast
on frozen mash

as the flurry buries
a trail of my footprints.


Frank William Finney is a poet and former lecturer from Massachusetts. He lived in Thailand from 1995-2020, where he taught literature at Thammasat University. His work has appeared in Hedge Apple, Lemon Peel Press, The Raven’s Perch, and The Thieving Magpie; New work to appear in The Deronda Review, Freshwater Literary Journal, and Press Pause Press. His chapbook The Folding of the Wings is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.