by Kenneth Pobo
In Heaven, Roy Orbison
takes off his sunglasses.
Once these
perfect gates close,
he’s perfectly caught.
He strums a guitar,
hopes for sound.
Kenneth Pobo is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), Dindi Expecting Snow (Duck Lake Books), Uneven Steven (Assure Press), Sore Points (Finishing Line Press, and Lilac and Sawdust (Meadowlark Press). Opening is forthcoming from Rectos Y Versos Editions. Human rights issues, especially as they relate to the LGBTQIA+ community, are also a constant presence in his work. In addition to poetry, he also writes fiction and essays. For the past thirty-plus years he taught at Widener University and retired in 2020.