Despy Boutris

Despy Boutris has been published in Copper Nickel, Colorado Review, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at the University of Houston and edits The West Review.

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Poetry

Contemporary Romance 1 min

On Being Gay in Yemassee

Despy Boutris

I'll never forget us
entraining this freight at dusklight
to escape cabbage farms, rusted ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Nature 1 min

April Morning With Cicadasong

Despy Boutris

And still I'm traipsing through the fields
of wildflowers and grass and foxtails. Beyond
these ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Melancholy Romance 1 min

First Love

Despy Boutris

We head toward the peach orchard,
the one we found midsummer
at the edge of town, past the ... [+]

Poetry

Contemporary Melancholy 1 min

After

Despy Boutris

This morning, before sunrise, I walked
along the road, passing

all the boarded-up buildings ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

Despy Boutris

Published works

On Being Gay in Yemassee

April Morning With Cicadasong

First Love

After