The November edition of Open Letters is now out! My poem, Surely I'm Convinced, headlines the new poems for the issue. Please check it out at www.openlettersmonthly.com.
Surely I’m Convinced
a word understood must have been uttered aloud.
a word uttered must travel vast distances
to define itself.
one word will some day imbue
the rest with meaning.
Surely I’m Convinced
the winter wind speaks
to one person at a time,
and just now I possess its conversation.
the snow owl communicates with god
through its wake of rodent bones and fur.
utter silence has no counterpart.
this is lovely
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