A contemporary poem about held against the weather, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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The umbrella turns inside out above us. Rain finds the seams of every plan. You hold my coat; I hold the broken handle. Neither protects the other completely. But we stand there, badly equipped, learning that shelter can be the decision not to walk away.
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A thing without a practical name resists ownership and remains open to a less instrumental way of seeing.
A contemporary poem about the way the body misreads, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
A contemporary poem about two things stay down, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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