Morri Creech (born 1970) [1] is an American poet. He earned a BA at Winthrop University and an MA and MFA at McNeese State University. His collection The Sleep of Reason was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and his collection Field Knowledge (2006) won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize from Waywiser Press. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, [2] and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. [3] He is the Writer in Residence at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. [4]
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Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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The dead | 2023 | Creech, Morri (Summer 2023). "The dead". 32 Poems. 41: 10. | |
Bedtime metaphysics | 2023 | Creech, Morri (Summer 2023). "Bedtime metaphysics". 32 Poems. 41: ?. | |
The marriage | 2025 | Creech, Morri (Winter 2025). "The marriage". 32 Poems. 44: 8. | |
Wind and sea | 2025 | Creech, Morri (Winter 2025). "Wind and sea". 32 Poems. 44: 9. |