I move my chair a-
round the garden, follow the
sun. I spent my life
learning to make things,
learning to make people do
things. Now I serve dark
intimacies. Tears
flow, laughter breaks the peace of
old age. I welcome
night. Augustine’s Word—
more intimate than his self—
woos me now and then.
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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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