The Heather Blazing
borrowed a title from Toibin and a line from Hafiz
I like
seeing what you’re doing now
you’re writing
poem books
you’re teaching
kids how to be creative
you’re poetry
sounds like my Mom wrote it
it’s been years
I’ve written some shitty shit
I’ve gone away
way off the deep end
and I
can still recite
Hafiz
from your class:
...it was the glow of your presence
that filled it with beauty
