Having been busy
all my life, I’m at loose ends
now and sleep too much.
The sound of my voice
puts me back to sleep. My best
days I do not preach
from experience but
hear something in the falling
rain and write a poem.
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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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I like this a lot Tom. It’s simple but sophisticated.
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