Advice from an older poet: “You’ll write one or two – but try not to do many more than that…” An opinion from a younger poet: “No, I think you’re too smart to waste your time with that type of thing…” And yet, here I am. And here’s this poem. Wouldn’t it be nice to start with a statement of...

All told, there wasn’t much I understood / about this need to run. The hard undressing / from the warmth, redressing in the cold, / / the first steps on the pavement like a knocking / at a wall – and then the ears tune out / so the rest is just a silent picture show / / of drivers with the...