Borrowed Trouble: Micro Tribute to e. e. cummings (1894-1962)
I wouldn’t write at all if it weren’t
for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was possible. The poems
of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks, to those muses. –
Brian Beatty
e. e. cummings
Forty-nine avalanches
of ice and snow
-broken branches
later,
no wonder tree
silhouettes
seem so tragic, so
familiar.
The winter season dis
appears our fingers
and toes
hungry as a (white)
rabbit
after a magic show.
– Brian Beatty
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Brian's recent collections of poetry are Dust and Stars: Miniatures and Brazil, Indiana.
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Minnesota, where I live, is a long way from the California desert. Right now, for instance, there's still snow in my back yard. And what winter does to trees around here can be cruel.
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