Bruce Dethlefsen, Wisconsin Poet Laureate (2011–2012) has a new book out, Losing Purchase, published by Apprentice House Press, Loyola University, Baltimore MD. Available on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, or order from Bruce for $15 +$3 shipping and handling. Dethlefsen is available for poetry workshops and readings. Contact: poetdethlefsen@gmail.com. |
Will
these are yours
the sun the moon the stars
the bike the ball glove
okay the boots
but you can’t have
the wars the pain
and dread you can’t have that
oh yeah the rain
the rain I keep
sorry
—Bruce Dethlefsen
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"if
a novel is winter, and a short story is a snow storm, then a poem is a
snowball, squeezed."