December 11, 2021
There are some poems
that slip into our brains
without our noticing them.
But not too many – a poem
or two by Elizabeth Bishop –
or by Langston Hughes.
We read them a second time.
We go back to them. Then we
close our eyes and say, “Yeah!”
that slip into our brains
without our noticing them.
or two by Elizabeth Bishop –
or by Langston Hughes.
We go back to them. Then we
close our eyes and say, “Yeah!”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021
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