by David M. Katz There are so many things you do not like But cannot change yourself. You are a mule That will not leave its stall. Your bones ache. You’re when and what you are. You are no fool, But neither are you smart. You make demands, You dictate how we talk about […]
Author: David M. Katz
David M. Katz is the author of four books of poetry—most recently In Praise of Manhattan, preceded by Stanzas on Oz and Claims of Home, all three published by Dos Madres Press, and The Warrior in the Forest, published by House of Keys Press. Poems of his have appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, The Hudson Review, The New Criterion, PN Review (UK), The New Republic, The Hopkins Review, Shenandoah, Alabama Literary Review, The Raintown Review, The Cortland Review, and The Ekphrastic Review. He blogs frequently on his website, The David M. Katz Poetry Blog (davidmkatzpoet.com).
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You sit there in retirement, the shotCatching the slant of Miami’s morningLight across your face, your glasses lowDown upon your nose in such a wayThat I remember you. There are lush treesIn the background, orange maybe, some fruitTo fill the scene with tropical suggestion.Your hair’s cut short, looks black. It really seemsLike you, the only […]
Ubi Sunt
They are all gone into the world of light! –Henry Vaughan Where are they now, the clerks gone postal,The grumblers, the low-paid ones? Gone.But gone too are the boys of little meritFrom the Ivy League or Stanford, Gone, though favored long ago,More than all the rest. Curmudgeons, quiet ones,Office managers. Where have they gone,The stragglers and the […]