30 March 2007 | Vol. 7, No. 1
Elegy for Robert Creeley
The sun broke through…
I read aloud on the balcony
your poem for the 'two wives,'
a finch flew
through the ice shavings
of the sprinkler system
to my railing—it bowed deeply
twice
in gratitude
for what you had written
is my best explanation?
About the author:
Norman Dubie's most recent collection of poems, Insomniac Liar of Topo, was just published by Copper Canyon Press. He lives in Arizona.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Norman Dubie at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 7, No. 1, where "Elegy for Robert Creeley" ran on March 30, 2007. List other work with these same labels: poetry, elegy.
