Erica Dawson reads “Portrait of the artist as sonnet for Dickinson’s line A wounded deer—leaps highest—” from Shō No. 6.
Erica Dawson is the author of three books of poetry, most recently When Rap Spoke Straight to God (Tin House, 2018). Her poems have appeared in Blackbird, Orion, Revel, The Believer, and other journals and anthologies. She lives in the Baltimore-DC area.
This poem is featured in Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25).
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