The sunlight overwhelms
the vestiges of the snow light,
yet even with the clarity
it’s hard to tell if the man I see
is walking the dog or the dog
is walking the man, though both
of them seem to have affection
for each other, no matter who
holds the whip-hand. While I
write lines in my head, I put on
my shoes and coat and head out,
ready for any adventure, large
or small. Eliot, let’s make this
April the kindest month, we can
do it. You’ll be surprised at what
I’ll have written later, alone.
Tim Suermondt’s sixth book of poems, “A Doughnut And The Great Beauty Of The World” will be forthcoming from MadHat Press in 2021. He has published in Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Georgia Review, On the Seawall, Poet Lore and Plume, among others. He lives in Cambridge (MA) with his wife, poet Pui Ying Wong.
