Roy Bentley

Roy Bentley, a finalist for the Miller Williams prize for Walking with Eve in the Loved City (University of Arkansas, 2018), is the author of eight books; most recently, American Loneliness (Lost Horse, 2019). He has published poems in Atticus Review, Crazyhorse, december, The Southern Review, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, and Rattle among others.

Posts by Roy Bentley

Al Capone Offers Instruction in How to Love
by Roy Bentley | Feb 2, 2022 | Poetry | 0
A poem by Roy Bentley.
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A Rat Hauling a Moon Pie into the Shadows of 125th Street
by Roy Bentley | Jun 10, 2020 | Poetry | 0
A poem by Roy Bentley.
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They Threw Me Off the Hay Truck about Noon
by Roy Bentley | Nov 29, 2017 | Poetry | 1
A poem by Roy Bentley.
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White Firebird
by Roy Bentley | Apr 7, 2016 | Poetry | 0
The voice on the telephone freezes time as news: my then-wife Sherry is at a hospital. The voice...
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Elvis and Jesus and Robert E. Lee
by Roy Bentley | Apr 7, 2016 | Poetry | 0
after Clyde Broadway To make me want to love the South with even a provisional affection, a robed...
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