Five poems by Dan O’Brien

June 1, 2018March 24, 2023 ~ And Other Poems

One Whenever I find myself In a strange city I imagine I have found My new home And must find A way To live here Twenty-Four My life shrinks I will share All with you Forty-Eight This girl snagged The handsomer twin You once coveted They are living Now in Paris Where she suffers A … Continue reading Five poems by Dan O’Brien

Extract from a sequence by Greg Gilbert

April 6, 2018March 24, 2023 ~ And Other Poems

Perfection B.C. (Before Cancer): SATURDAY, 1ST AUGUST Graceful necks of wilting gold, Dry grass sleeps upon the breeze; My daughters fine white hair, Like cotton thread, lifts, A cube of hissing morning Bleeding through us. In this field I invented summer When I was cotton like her, And from here all ensuing summers broke, Perfected … Continue reading Extract from a sequence by Greg Gilbert