I’m very thankful to editors Donald Revell and Stephanie G’Schwind for publishing my new poem, “Born Again,” in the latest, beautiful edition of Colorado Review. The poem is partially an ekphrastic poem inspired by the painting Dentist by Candlelight by Gerrit Dou c.1660-65 (seen above). Folks in North Texas can check out the painting itself at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth - it’s worth the trip! Don’t miss the important detail of the crocodile (top center of the painting). Evidently dentists of yore used to hang out crocodiles in their shops, although I’ve yet to discover the precise nature of that connection.