I wait for the catch
in the breath as the poem
completes itself. But
in the random gaps
between gale force winds pounding
the heart of the house
there is just the snow
and silence filled with questions.
I echo ‘what’s up?’
The question repeats
itself. To hear the answer
one must stop breathing.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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