I don't remember squeezing the trigger, though I never forgot the smell of smoke. The wild dog's eyes ruined between rage and confusion. How I waited too long to shoot, and the beast an eyelash short of my throat when the bullet pierced its chest. I don't remember Adam handing me the misericord but the […]
I.S. Jones
I.S. Jones is an American / Nigerian poet and editor. Newfound selected her chapbook Spells of My Name for their Emerging Poets Series. She is a senior editor for Poetry Northwest where she runs her column, “The Legacy Suite”, a three-part interview documenting the journey of writers publishing their debut poetry collections. I.S. is the 2024 Artist-In-Resident at Northwestern University with the Black Arts Consortium. Her debut, full-length collection of poems, Bloodmercy, was selected by Nicole Sealey as the 2025 winner of the APR / Honickman First Book Prize.