Thursday, July 19, 2007
N. M. Rai's poem on poets
My good friend and fellow poet N. M. Rai and I had a great telephone conversation yesterday (we live on opposite sides of the country). Today I received this poem in my e-mail. I am convinced that this woman can write on any topic any time--and she produces very skillful work to boot!
Dorothy
(for Dorothy Walters)
We spoke yesterday.
Laughter bubbled
like spring water.
Of course, we also talked
about poetry,
how we've both become
sand buried by words,
how sometimes a line
will burn itself to beach glass
and capture the sun.
n.m.rai
