Sunday afternoon
jammed between a bus and truck
we glimpse the silver
water tumbling down
Agatsuma Gorge

Published by

John Savoie

John Savoie (jsavoie@siue.edu) teaches great books, Homer to Basho, at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Umbrella and Best New Poets 2012.

15 thoughts on “”

  1. Just Another Chainsaw Massacre

    They're cutting back the lime outside:
    its leaves obscured a burnt-out truck.
    They're filming something True to Life.

    We're watching as it bites the dust.

    ("Armadillo Basket", Waterloo Press, UK, 2011)

  2. What a lovely contrast between stasis and movement. The sparkling water brings a gleam to my image of the traffic too.

Respond here