Tuesday 18 September 2007

The Enigma of Arrival by Howard Good

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

3 comments:

Crafty Green Poet said...

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.

Tina Trivett said...

Thanks for the journey Howard. I look forward to reading more of your work.

Mandy said...

very good Mr Good