The men mow the grass in the small park,
the morning sun fanning out like a large searchlight.
I sit at my desk and mow down an entire poem,
nothing to save no matter how diligent the effort.
BEST OF THE NET 2023; Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2018;
(cited in BAE 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022); PUSHCART poetry finalist
Issue: Summer 2021 » Poetry
The men mow the grass in the small park,
the morning sun fanning out like a large searchlight.
I sit at my desk and mow down an entire poem,
nothing to save no matter how diligent the effort.
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