Friday, December 21, 2018

Displaced Poet

for Joseph Brodsky who said:
“The dolce vita is chocolate and champagne.”


He bought bread
in the little shop on the corner,
had it wrapped
mostly for the mystery
and the precious paper,
a blank slate for his poetry
inspired by mingled scents
of poppy seed and yeast,
and a yearning for his homeland
where loaves were crustier
and poets were noted
for their hunger.

smzang