reckonings – Snake & Tree

September 15, 2019September 16, 2019

Review of Reckonings by Ryan Walsh

Review of Ryan Walsh’s 2019 collection of poetry, Reckonings.

I’m Rachel, a jaded twenty-something English grad student looking to tell some stories. Currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee, born and bred in rural Alabama. Here you’ll find liberal political tirades, stories, book reviews, and folklore focused in on these lower Southeastern thirteen states.

The title “Snake and Tree” comes from the Alabama proverb that if you hang a dead snake in a tree it’ll bring rain. These stories are the snake. The rain is making peace with this broke South.