More Than Heavy Rain
Poems
978-1-937875-57-2 Paperback
5.5 x 8.5 x 0.23 in
80 pp.
Pub Date: 04/24/2014
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LIKE TURNING ON A SWITCH
In a day and a night the leaves of all four
Gingko trees in the courtyard fell,
Fanned out in one direction by a south wind
As if they had been deliberately laid.
Even in half-light they glowed
As if a door had been opened at mid-court
Spilling brightness onto the grass.
But there was no door, no room into which
One might lead, no light to shine out,
Just yellow leaves, four shadow-anchored
Boats, straining to pull away with the tide.
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Published by Texas Review Press