Saturday, May 20, 2006

ON THE THIRD DAY OF RAIN

Rain outside
Falling as deliberately
As if notes
struck by a jazz pianist


Slightly travel-ruffled
But charmingly
Molten and shiny
But icy


Like words when
they fall all sullen
To the depths
of an argument

No comments:

Intersecting at Stoppard

Tom Stoppard died this week. I've been in awe of his work since I was an undergraduate, maybe even before I actually ever read his work,...