Derelict

August 16, 2010 ยง Howie Good

by Howie Good

In ragged company
on a day cold enough
to freeze tears

swigging from a paper bag
under the overpass

with the frantic gestures
of a drowning man

and the unseen sea

incited as by dementia
and full of tiny lives

shaking its silver bracelets

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Erik Estabrook August 19, 2008 at 11:26 am

this poem was exceptional

almost beyond my understanding,

Neil Ellman August 23, 2010 at 6:11 pm

So very nice. What particularly appeals to me is that you actually write in English that is understandable.

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