12. Oni Buchanan, "The Walk"

I have no idea who this poet is, but I really liked this poem. The speaker, of indeterminate gender, is threatened by attack by a woman coming to him/her with a hatchet and/or shotgun. This is the first poet I've seen here (aside from Will Alexander) who's writing in clean, rhythmic lines. The language is alive, and there is that communicative urgency I've missed in some others. 9.