

A Skulk of Jennifers: Four Poems by Jennifer Griffith
Readings From Salvation South by The Writers & Poets of Salvation South
S2026
Sep 10, 2026
05:36
Episode notes
Read these poems at Salvation South: “A Skulk of Jennifers.”
Jennifer Griffith writes with dark wit about the small arrangements — of names, clothes, and last requests — that shape a life.
Griffith is an Athens, Georgia poet, who earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at the University of Georgia and now teaches there in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. Currently, Jennifer’s muses and familiars are two small Chihuahua mixes with the very literary names Zelda and Rumi.
Keywords
elegy
aging
Southern poetry
contemporary-poetry
women-poets
humor
jennifer-griffith