Monday, May 31 - 1999

 

Tom Miller's
POEM OF THE WEEK

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beautiful from a distance

 

he's not a cloud
or a waterfall

nothing
so cheap as a sunrise

i wouldn't call him
any bird or flower

nor talk about his eyes
though blue as...

no possibility
to see him for jupiter

or jewelry or fabric
or any magnificent thing

and only worthy of compare
is the very space between us

for so long as it sustains itself
as meaningful

which won't be long