Poems by Daniel Nester
Isaiah’s Coal
... Then on comfort snugger than pillows ...
Gravity
... No need for Signs with their skull and crossbones, chain-link gates: ...
Blind Joy
... Who’d dare to breathe this fern-thick bird-rich day ...
Christmas Tree
... Here once the enchanted children laid their heads, ...
Parting: 1940
... For well they knew, the parters in all evenings ...
Decline and Fall
... Earth shook: the columns walked, in midair clashed, ...
Portrait
... You heap the linen with purse, scarf, cigarettes, lighter, ...
Days of Our Years
... It’s brief and bright, dear children ...
Madrigal in Time of War
... cup; Often my lip moved downward and yours up ...
Conclusion
... . . If what began (look far and wide) will end: ...
Niagara
... II Ten feet over those, our railing perched on a spur where verge and void&mdash ...
The Caveman on the Train
... First planks on querulous ground, then treads of met ...
