DISJECTA ( SAMUEL BECKETT ) ~

F A N N Y      H O W E

WILLIAM CORBETT ~

Mirror, Mirror





As I wipe dust

from the old mirror

my face looks out

red from the sun,

unshaven, tiny river

systems of burst

blood vessels, skin tag

under one eye,

same old friendly moles,

nose hairs—how they

grow!—flesh crease

where chins divide.

I'm a round faced,

heavy faced, middle

age man with a hand's

span of forehead topping

a big head. Size 7 1/2

for hats. "Master dome,"

says Arden who has one

of her own. The little Billy

I was, unmarked, cute

enough to eat with a spoon,

gone with so much else

to the mirror's other side.

God bless him.



______________________

William Corbett
Boston Vermont
Zoland Books, 1999

William Corbett, 1975

photograph by Jonathan Williams

WILLIAM CORBETT ~

W I L L I A M       C O R B E T T
A Poet's Poet Poets Poet

One of the best

October 11, 1942 ~ August 10, 2018

PILGRIMS:
CID CORMAN, LARRY EIGNER,
GERRIT LANSING, CHARLES OLSON, 
JOHN WIENERS

"Mass: raw poetry from the commonwealth of Massachusetts"

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 essays & appreciations by:

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