Scott Metz


Seven Poems

 

. We both

       —mention  

 . While

, undressing,  

         . The scent of the

                      , peaches,  

                  . In

. The Other

room

     ≠

        . When stepping through

                                                        .The day’s mask

                                                            . One must decide

                                                            which. Hole

                                                                  . To choose

     ≠

heblames

 

the

    m asks

           

        . For

 

her

   choices

  his

 

h and

 

writ in g

 

bro ken

 

m   ntain

 

r ange

     ≠

a small

round

window

  spoken

of

      as

 

the

 

sea

        opens

             up

a few

  hands

a few

  eyes

     ≠

eye

 

glass

 

e

     s

 

    pick

 

                    ed

 

a

part

 

as if

                                                                        they

                      were

    a

clock

 

as

                                                            if

by birds

     ≠

                               5              chldrn

 

                                                   inthe        ap

                                             ple

           tReee

     ≠

, signs

 

. The se                  a

. Is

 

               star.

 

. T

 

-ing

, to

 

      —slip

 

. In                                                     , to

the cost.

 

               . U

me.

 

, of

 

. Hamlet

 

          ’s

         

       . Father,

 

  

 

 

Scott Metz is the author of lakes & now wolves (2012), the editor of is/let, and is also coeditor of numerous anthologies, including Haiku 21, for Modern Haiku Press. He lives on the central Oregon coast.

 
 

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