Brent Lucia

Slow Circles

A friend of mine, believing in shadows

and the benefits of a crawl space,

lost meaning all together.


We’ll study his kind one day,

displayed in glass cages,

labeled as “those who tried.”




Brent Lucia was born and raised in Massachusetts but has been living in New York City for the past ten years. He is currently an adjunct lecturer at City College of New York and has been teaching both writing and literature courses for the past four years. Last fall, his short story “Lady in The Albatross” was published in the online journal, Danse Macabre Du Jour. In the spring of 2012 his short story entitled “Dirty Branches” was published in the Promethean Literary Journal.