1.
when
I look out
from
the porch yes
I
see a crowd gathered again
bearing
torches a meadow
in
the dark the faces
luminous
the eyes
luminous
and beautiful like everything
to
me so bright to feel
lonely
for company I go into
the
noise smiling and trying
the
words hello I love you and welcome
and
wheretobegin and thankyou I am
happy
to see your face
among
the faces this
rope
you offer I take it
in
friendship
2.
whenIlookoutfromtheporchyesIsee
thecrowdgatheredagainyesbearingtorchesame
adowluminousinthedarkthefacesluminousthee
yesandbeautifuleverythingtomesobrighttofeel
lonelyforcompanyIgointothenoisesmilingtrying
helloloveyouwelcomewhere
tobeginthankIamhappythanktoseeyou
rfaceyesamongthefacesthisr
opeyouofferItakeitasfriendship
Chad Sweeney has published six
books of poetry, including Little Million
Doors (Nightboat Books, winner of the Nigthboat Books Prize, nominated for
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award), Parable
of Hide and Seek (Alice James), Arranging the Blaze (Anhinga) and Wolf’s Milk (bilingual Spanish/English,
Forklift Books)—as well as two books of translation, The Art of Stepping Through Time, the selected poems of Iranian
dissident poet, H.E. Sayeh (White Pine, with Mojdeh Marashi) and Pablo Neruda’s
final book, The Call to Destroy Nixon and
to Advance the Chilean Revolution (Marick, 2019). His work has been
featured in Best American Poetry, the
Pushcart Prize Anthology, Poets and
Writers, Verse Daily and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. He has edited two books including Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds, an
anthology of poetry and prose by teachers in the national WritersCorps (City
Lights) and Monahsetah, Resistance, and
Other Markings on Turtle’s Back, Poetry and Prose by Mohawk elder Maurice
Kenny (Mongrel Empire Press). Sweeney holds an MFA from San Francisco State
University and a PhD from Western Michigan University. He is an associate professor
of English/Creative Writing at California State University San Bernardino and
lives in Redlands with his partner, Jennifer K. Sweeney and their two little
boys.
the
Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
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