Sunday, September 13, 2015

I Love Your Crazy Bones











Even your odds and ends.
I love your teeth, crazy bones,
Madcap knees and elbows.
Forearm and backhand
Hair makes you animal.
Rare among things.
The small of your back could pool rain
Into water a man might drink. Perfect,
From the whirlpools your fingers print
On everything you touch
To the moons on the nails of all ten toes
Rising and setting inside your shoes
Wherever you go.    








                                 Barton Sutter      












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  1. UnknownSeptember 13, 2015 at 4:12 PM

    I very much like the imagery of "the moons on the nails of all ten toes / Rising and setting inside your shoes / Wherever you go."

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  2. jhSeptember 13, 2015 at 8:54 PM

    this is a poet I've actually heard read live

    he's the former husband of Annette atkins history prof here or formerly

    he's part of the southwest mn school of poets

    it's amazing the concentration of strong poetic voices from that corner of the state

    thanks for the comment

    awfully daring of you

    :)



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