Chad W. Lutz is a speedy human born in Akron, Ohio, in 1986, and raised in the neighboring suburb of Stow. Alumna of Kent State University’s English program, Chad earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Mills College and currently serves as an assistant editor for Pretty Owl Poetry. Their writing has been featured in KYSO Flash, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Gold Man Review, and Haunted Waters Press, was awarded the 2017 prize in literary fiction by Bacopa Review, and was a nominee for the 2017 Pushcart in poetry.
Poets Resist
Edited by Michael Carter
August 16, 2019
Chad W. Lutz
The Chances We Take
rain today
rain yesterday
30% chance at 2:00pm
60% chance at 3:00pm
chance tomorrow
chance Friday
it’s a regional thing
I get it
but there was a
shooting today
shooting yesterday
30% chance at #:00pm
60% chance congress will care
chance tomorrow
chance Friday
Poets Resist is published by Glass Poetry Press.
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