blue skies poetry

It’s the size
of a maybe
though colder

than even
never

the aftermath
of trampled
violets

a note found
on the bed

scented
and signed

love

a round-
headed pin
stuck in a map
of wherever

~ Howie Good

Howie Good, a journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, is the author of three poetry chapbooks, (2004) and Heartland (2007), both from FootHills Publishing, and Strangers & Angels (2007) from Scintillating Publications. He was recently nominated for the second time for a Pushcart Prize.

Filed under: Howie Good by akublik Date 8 May, 2008