Last night’s PACKED #poetryparty house, panorama by Joshua Kristal.
This is me in all my post-performance glory!
I got both of my books signed, I got hugs from Tracy K. Smith AND Philip Levine, oh and I even got...
thorny fingers flick the flesh
and i have thought
iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou
and you’re there but i cannot touch you
i cannot touch you
“This — For the Moon — Yes?” by Carl Sandburg.
from Slabs of the Sunburnt West, published in 1922.
“The Sound of the Trees” by Robert Frost.
Mountain Interval, 1916.
Poem submission by another-kind-of-blue
I came today to where I was
Which seems so long ago.
For days must pass
And wheels must turn
To lead us down our road.
I met a man who I once knew
Beneath the hollow oak.
From rolling stone to stepping stone,
I told him where I’ve been;
He stopped and smiled and spoke:
“Anywhere is everywhere
And here I am today.
What makes a man
Is how he walks
Not where he makes his way.”
What makes a man/ Is how he walks/ Not where he makes his way.
Love this!