James A. Emanuel Away Poems
- 1. Poet As Fisherman
I fish for words
to say what I fish for,
half-catch sometimes.
... - 2. Françoise And The Fruit Farmer
In town to sell his fruit, he saw her-
Françoise in her summer slacks-
turning to him, coming back
to feel the swelling plums,
... - 3. False Notions, Fears, And Other Things Of Wood
Repeatedly, that sturdy stump in me
bears up like stone,
beneath some ritual I see:
the blinding axe
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