Archive for May, 2006
The Moon is Down.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006And then — just between you and me —
I take a swallow of cold tea
and in the manner of the ancient Chinese
pick up my pen
and write down that bird I hear outside,
the one that sings,
pauses,
then sings again.
— In the Room of a Thousand Miles. Billy Collins.
I am reading a poetry book by Billy Collins called, [...]