23 November 2009 | Vol. 9, No. 3
Cover of a Country Song
Note which figure the tree
triggers imperceptibly,
the night-blind awl,
the ingot of blood,
the face down grace
of grain
or a floating groan,
a marriage made in heaving.
If only the owl undeclaring itself
to death.
If only the capped well
beneath the carriage house.
If only the shovel loving
the lonely glove,
and nobody but.
About the author:
Sean Patrick Hill is the author of The Imagined Field, which will be released by Paper Kite Press in 2010. His poems appear or are forthcoming in New York Quarterly, Hayden's Ferry Review, RealPoetik, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Copper Nickel. His blog is at theimaginedfield.blogspot.com.
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