Eyewear is pleased to publish a new poem by a former student on the MA in CW at Kingston University, Hudson Hornick. Hornick is an American writer - a talented young man. This was sent to me by him lately, and seemed like a good start to the day.
Dogs pulling leashes
When the light reaches that point of day,
when it casts gold windows on your wall,
and the lushness of a place that is green in a way
that can only be green in a place which rains a lot,
but is no longer raining,
there is a runner who, beside me
now past, has been coming to the park for a while
also to run.
now past, has been coming to the park for a while
also to run.
His face cannot understand why
it is so hard for him,
or where the effort turns rote,
it is so hard for him,
or where the effort turns rote,
while a purple-stocked vine and its green green leaf
grow out and reach.
grow out and reach.
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