Volume 16:1, Winter 2015
The Sonnet Issue
From Sonnets from E
I never gave a closing
to the story of your moved-away hair.
I never think of it
as over. I can measure
your hairs length in a motion.
In my mind, my hands are still strong
and your hair is still soft, every shade
of auburn sifted by sunlight.
It had slipped through your glasses
and clung to your cheek like a tear.
The kiss you left
closed in my palm
is still there
pure, indelible.
Dan Brady is the author of two chapbooks, Fossil Record/Cabin Fever (Flying Guillotine Press, 2014) and Leroy Sequences (Horse Less Press, 2014). Recent poems have appeared in Apt, H_NGM_N, Sink Review, and So & So Magazine. He is the poetry editor of Barrelhouse and lives in Arlington, VA with his wife and two kids. His website: http://www.danbrady.org To read more by this author: Museum Issue