December 13th, 1999 | |||
Falling In by John Engels
Excerpt from: Big Water
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At my age gone awkward having forgotten everything I ought to have remembered about keeping balance, I fall off the boat trying to board the dinghy, like in a Buster Keaton bit, the dinghy skidding away and swamping and my legs
spreading, till in I go, and come up
the cold, the knowledge dawning
drags, and it's cold, it's cold
there's some guy working on his boat
how I'm feeling - not
but give it up and go out
with cold, the world
About John EngelsJohn Engels has taught English Literature at St. Michaels's College in Winooski, Vermont for many years. He is the author of five books of poetry, including The Homer Mitchell Place, Vivaldi in Early Fall, and Weather-Fear, for which he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is recognized as one of America's finest poets. He lives in Burlington, Vermont. |
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