Coronavirus
keeps us indoors except for
short spells out-of-doors.
I’m obedient.
I sit on a bench, look up.
Between blossoms, wild
blue yonder. Thoughts fade
into their source (Po Chu-i/
Hinton’s clear mind). Time’s
up. Later I’ll re-
call that blue in the faded
blue of old denim.
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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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