Renoir Gaither

Renoir Gaither writes from St. Paul, MN, takes Afrofuturism, symbolic interactionism, and helicoptering seeds in autumn seriously. His poetry has appeared in Gambling the Aisle, Third Point Press, and Yellow Chair Review.

“Envelope”, “Morning Papers Waltz” and “Auction”

Read Renoir Gaither’s poems out loud and catch the meaning collapsing into rhythmic meter, as in this tercet in “Morning Papers Waltz”: “Salutations to subway dreams and spearmint gum./Salutations to asphyxiating oil addition and asthmatic Raqqa streets./Salutations to corporate welfare recipients mewing at public troughs.” The same is true of “Envelope” and “Auction.”