The trellis against the shed
held several enormous blue
passion flower blossoms.
In September the vine
stopped blooming. How grim
when flowers quit on me, cars
that die at a red light. It turns
green and there I sit,
cursing the car,
cursing everything.
Bio:
Kenneth Pobo is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), Dindi Expecting Snow (Duck Lake Books), Wingbuds (cyberwit.net), and Uneven Steven (Assure Press). Opening is forthcoming from Rectos Y Versos Editions.