Friday, August 20, 2010

The Best Kind of Daily E-Mail


Poets.org e-mails me a Poem-a-Day. You should register because you never know what you'll get. I thought today's poem, which follows here, was pretty spectacular. Such a simple notion twisted upon itself...


Sawdust
by Sharon Bryan


Why not lindendust,
hackberry, hemlock,
live oak, maple, why
name the remains
after the blade, not
what it cut—

only now do I see
that the air is full
of small sharp stars
pinwheeling through
every living thing
that gets in their way.




Here's a link to Poets.org

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