this April morning
even the fly
primps and preens
Author: 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.
Sunday afternoon
jammed between a bus and truck
we glimpse the silver
water tumbling down
Agatsuma Gorge
the rabbit’s ears
translucent
at dawn