I’ve had a couple of poems appear on line recently.
“Helpless” is about one of the difficulties of being a parent. It’s a recent poem about something that happened many years ago. You can see that it left an impression. Oyster River Pages has published it:
https://www.oysterriverpages.com/helpless
“Midseason Report” is about fires in the western states. It was written a couple of years ago, a season which seemed bad at the time, but wasn’t as bad as this year has been. You will find the contents page for Route 7 Review at:
https://www.route7review.com/issue-5-2017
I’ve been noticing poems now and then which seem to fit our current situation, though they were written a few years ago. I even have one of my own:
Shaken
As a child in earthquake country
I knew the earth could shift
yet walked with confidence,
assured the fault did not lie
under the house.
When political tremors spilled
boxes into Boston harbor, an
Englishman’s table, set with tea
from Ceylon or India, fresh milk,
Caribbean sugar, did not tip.
New voices cried from far countries,
colonies. In science, physics and
chemistry undermined foundations.
Causes widened like the Atlantic,
deepened into canyons.
Upheavals everywhere, I learn no
house is safe. Leave silver locked
up, set teapots on tray tables ready
to be folded at the first
faint rumble.
Two major earthquakes in Mexico recently. Political upheavals in Washington for months. Did I sense these were coming? Of course not.
You can find the poem, and others that connect with it, in my book, Made and Remade (2014) available from me or through Word Tech Editions. See Books page.
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