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 (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press, 2015), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers, 2020), and most recently, At the Window, Silence (Fernwood Press, 2025). His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Quarterly, Nimrod, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.