Gary Snyder,
cedar smoke,
wet boots.
T. S. Eliot,
London smoke through fog
Gertrude Stein.
Roses. Roses. Roses.
William Carlos Williams,
tincture of iodine,
hydrogen peroxide.
Edna St. Vincent Millay,
oil slicked on the Hudson.
Theodore Roethke,
moist root soil.
Ezra Pound,
dust ancient dictionaries.
Wallace Stevens,
Florida palms,
actuary tables.
Robert Frost,
horse sweat
and sweet apples.
Sylvia Plath,
dank air under the porch.
2015