my blue bathrobe
worn at the hook spot —
New Year’s Day
Published by
Michael Dylan Welch
Michael Dylan Welch served two terms as poet laureate of Redmond, Washington, where he has curated monthly SoulFood Poetry Night readings since 2006 and was president of the Redmond Association of Spokenword for more than 15 years. His books include True Colour, a collection of solo rengay, and Seven Suns, Seven Moons. He founded and continues to direct the annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway, runs National Haiku Writing Month (www.nahaiwrimo.com), and serves as a director of the biennial Haiku North America conference. He has been keynote speaker for the Haiku International Association conference in Tokyo, and in 2012 one of his translations from the Japanese appeared on the back of 150 million U.S. postage stamps. His personal website is www.graceguts.com, devoted mostly to poetry. View all posts by Michael Dylan Welch
Love this poem! New Year's Day is a time to enact new resolutions and habits (with varying degrees of success), while the old bathrobe worn at the hook spot is a reminder of how entrenched our current daily habits are and how difficult it can be to change things up.
Good one, Michael. Agree with everything Peter said.
New Year's Day
my page of intentions
still empty