Cigar Boxes: a poem by Gene Hyde

Dad smokes in his chair while Mayberry glows through the evening haze.

Hear Gene Hyde read his poem “Cigar Boxes.”

Gene Hyde’s poetry, essays, and photography have appeared in such publications as Appalachian Journal, The Banyan Review, Raven’s Perch, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, and Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with his partner and a scruffy little dog.