San Antonio Review

Author

  • Patrick T. Reardon, a Chicago Tribune reporter from 1976 to 2009, is the author of eight poetry collections. His latest is a chapbook from Bottlecap Press called New Chicago. His book Every Marred Thing: A Time in America won the 2024 Faulkner-Wisdom Prize. He is a six-time nominee in poetry for a Pushcart Prize.
Poetry

Glory be

Glory be to the street One-Cent walked through night snow with reporter pad to the fire building, the Bible woman with the knife in her fist, the cop car huddle,... Read more.
Poetry

Ox

Hambone turns like an ox plowing, his shoulder heavier than all the planets, his head full of Cosmos, skin furrow of blue sky, eye light as if achafed, as if afevered,... Read more.
Poetry

Thank

Thank the animal, hunted, slain. Thank the concrete sidewalk, the dirt-orange brick wall, the kitchen floor water bug. Thank the mother of many who, in school hours,... Read more.