May 15, 2008

COMES A TIME IN A POET’S LIFE

when she writes
the prerequisite
blackberry poem
taking on the indelible
words of the famous.
I’ll have none of it
substitute pussy
for pail and savor
ripest berry
coming soft/wet
in my mouth.

—Kit Kennedy

Posted by dwaber at May 15, 2008 12:10 PM