The Fullness of Time

by Nate Pritts

On certain days my friends & I sit around the crystal ball
holding hands. We’re never sure what this accomplishes
but, before you know it, it’s time to go our separate ways.


Nate Pritts took his BS at SUNY Brockport, his MFA from Warren Wilson College and his Ph.D. from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Currently, he teaches at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, a residential high school for gifted students,& at Northwestern State University. His poems have recently appeared in Rattle, Cimarron Review, Solo, Dogwood and 5am.

Nate Pritts was nominated for Poets Under 30 by the storySouth editors.

poem from JUST US FRIENDS