I woke this morning to findThe river had up and left,Left behind two carp, a tin canA bottle of Mr. Boston,Left its secrets of bodies andSubmerged pickups anda watch that still worked. I put the watch on and listened toThe river’s messages:Millennia, halcyon daysBereft of dams when SalmonLeapt in its head waters. The river had fallen in […]
Author: Joe Weil
Joe Weil is a piano player and story teller who grew up in industrial Elizabeth, New Jersey, where the river named after the city sometimes ran day glow colors, depending on what was being dumped into it. He is now an associate professor at Binghamton University. Weil’s poetry, reviews and quotes have appeared in the New Yorker, the Boston Review, Rattle, Paterson Literary Review, Poet Lore and The New York Times. His latest book is A Night in Duluth (NYQ books). He lives in Binghamton with his wife Emily, and children, Clare and Gabriel.
