The Impossible World
“…I believe//in the world//because it is/impossible…”
—George Oppen, “Myth of the Blaze”
consider the flight of the hummingbird
impossible to imagine
such a creature
to fly backward
impossible the mind
that considers outward to
nebulae
to see
o taste and believe
science the lonely
search into
what is impossible
immense
all around
a journey by
proxy
for turning and turning
loneliness
an immense journey
into tense and astringent time
long overdue
and how simple words
are best
like love
and you
Bruce Parker holds an MA in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico. He taught English as a Second Language, has worked as a technical editor and as a translator. His work appears in Triggerfish Critical Review, The Field Guide, October Hill, Cerasus, (UK) and elsewhere, and is forthcoming in Wild Roof, Crosswinds, and New American Writing.. He lives with spouse poet and artist Diane Corson in Portland, Oregon, and is an Associate Editor at Boulevard. Hie has published a chapbook, Ramadan in Summer..
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