Dispatch #56

To a New Friend

Dear readers,

I thought I’d share a poem from my forthcoming book, Rosary Made of Air. The book should be available sometime in April. I will, of course, keep you posted.

—Joseph

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       To a New Friend


Daylight disassembles into sound—
the hum I hold in my head 
is the hum you hold in your head, too.
The poem, written or unwritten, 
is enough to see us through the thaw.

Soon the fields will fill with names.

Mud will rupture with indescribable color.