Robert Lax
one stone
one stone
one stone
i lift
one stone
one stone
i lift
one stone
and i am
thinking
i am
thinking
as i lift
one stone
one stone
one stone
one stone
i lift
one stone
one stone
i lift
one stone
and i am
thinking
i am
thinking
as i lift
one stone
i am
thinking
as i lift
one stone
one stone
i am
thinking
as i lift
one stone
one stone
one stone
one stone
i lift
one stone
one stone
i lift
one stone
and i am
thinking
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the air
and the dream:
the dream
and the air:
the flow
of the dream:
the flow
of the air.
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"are you a visitor?" asked
the dog.
"yes," i answered.
"only a visitor?" asked
the dog.
"yes," i answered.
"take me with you," said
the dog.
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Here comes one more modest tome from the good hands at Wave Books — modest in design and a no frills beauty all its own. The size and dimensions of the press' books are often hidden, until you begin reading. Reading are what books are all about — a funny, yet knowing statement for sure. The above selection of poems by Lax is a mere touch into the scope of this collection, rounding up nearly forty years of the poet's work. . .some of which I once received decades ago from Journeyman Press, in elegant simple pressings. I haven't looked at those booklets for years but I was struck by the starkness, brief color and resonance all at once. The Wave collection is handsomely edited by John Beer: he presents, gets out of the way, but not before a heady introduction.
No poetry library goes far without this book.
