National Poetry Month: Three final poems from three remarkable poets to end National Poetry
April 30, 2021
cuts plant at its base, discards elm sucked
clean of liberty to repress
urges to overthrow itself.
says it’s nepeta.
native, called something else. Told
it was cut down in 1775.
Driving Dean Martin Downtown
too grand for anything other than gentrification.
The old church winks one sad eye
at the homeless who gather at her feet.
She is empty and dreaming organ pipe dreams,
restored but silent.
on fire for the Lord
and followers of lesser gods,
like Rush Hour Traffic and Progress.
A banner announces that Jesus is giving a speech
Mary
Irene-mullen
Van-buren
Ardea-eichner
Rush-hour-traffic
மேரி
ரெனே-முல்லன்
வேன்-ப்யூரன்
அவசரம்-மணி-போக்குவரத்து