Tim Suermondt
Bayou Pigeon
Crawfish shadows on the street
and a gossamer elm by the drugstore―
a blind man on the corner plays a saxophone―
the locals say “he sees with his heart”
and, darling, I think I know what they mean―
the world gives as much as it takes.
Loving Three Quarters Of The World
I wouldn’t have thought it was possible,
especially on this day so dreary it’s painful.
There’s nothing angelic transpiring, but
my percentages have gone up extravagantly.
Why do I know drabness has turned into beauty
and is dressing to pay me a visit?
Why do I know this time I’ll be smart enough
to give it my exact location, usher it on in?
Tim Suermondt is the author of two full-length collections: TRYING TO HELP THE ELEPHANT MAN DANCE ( The Backwaters Press, 2007 ) and JUST BEAUTIFUL from New York Quarterly Books, 2010. He has published poems in Poetry, The Georgia Review,
Blackbird, Able Muse, Prairie Schooner, PANK, Bellevue Literary Review and Stand Magazine (U.K.) and has poems forthcoming in Gargoyle, Lunch Ticket and Zymbol, among others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the poet Pui Ying Wong.
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Crawfish shadows on the street
and a gossamer elm by the drugstore―
a blind man on the corner plays a saxophone―
the locals say “he sees with his heart”
and, darling, I think I know what they mean―
the world gives as much as it takes.
Loving Three Quarters Of The World
I wouldn’t have thought it was possible,
especially on this day so dreary it’s painful.
There’s nothing angelic transpiring, but
my percentages have gone up extravagantly.
Why do I know drabness has turned into beauty
and is dressing to pay me a visit?
Why do I know this time I’ll be smart enough
to give it my exact location, usher it on in?
Tim Suermondt is the author of two full-length collections: TRYING TO HELP THE ELEPHANT MAN DANCE ( The Backwaters Press, 2007 ) and JUST BEAUTIFUL from New York Quarterly Books, 2010. He has published poems in Poetry, The Georgia Review,
Blackbird, Able Muse, Prairie Schooner, PANK, Bellevue Literary Review and Stand Magazine (U.K.) and has poems forthcoming in Gargoyle, Lunch Ticket and Zymbol, among others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the poet Pui Ying Wong.
Return to May 2013 Edition