Erica Dawson

Erica Dawson’s first collection, “Big-Eyed Afraid,” won the 2006 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. She is Poetry Editor of the Tampa Review.

https://ericadawsonpoet.net/

Spanking the Arils From a Pomegranate

Aril: “an extra seed-covering, typically colored and hairy or fleshy, e.g., the red fleshy cup around a yew seed.”