She Likes Graduations Robert Diamante The girl walks up the aisle. She smiles at everyone who stumbles on her gaze, her thin shoulders are hunched forward beneath the weight of a worn backpack. She is scanning the crowded subway for a place to sit, and her eyes
Why Scarlett Never Really Loved Ashley, Anyway. by Robert Diamante I go down, I surface, breathe. go down again. A vexing cycle. But not today. Today I choose to swim, So I swim, do not sink into despair. I stay equal with my beloved over there mounted on the bank, who once held out his hand. Reeling in the
Crows By Robert Diamante I prefer my winter hues maudlin: the poetry flows. I prefer the sky cast gray, lighted by the crows.
The Earnestness of the Plowman Robert Diamante I work hard every spring To redefine the lines between my lawn and the gravel drive, the sidewalk and the median that spans to the curb: lines blurred by the Plowman For every winter, after a long snowfall, The Plowman comes to “knock it all back." And every year I
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