Night coming down,
and I’m crossing a bridge
where suicides wait their turn,
climbing steep stairs
that lead to no discernible good,
while the storyteller loses
the thread of his story
and you, who walk beside me
but whose face I can’t see,
pretend to be interested
in the sound of still leaves
Howard Good, New York, USA
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Howie Good, a journalism professor at the State University of New York at New
Paltz, is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Death of the Frog Prince (2004)
and Heartland (2007), both from FootHills Publishing. He was recently
nominated for a Pushcart Prize and is the featured poet in the Autumn 2007
issue of The Grand Rapids Literary Review.
Thanks for the journey Howard. I look forward to reading more of your work.
very good Mr Good
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