Volume One Issue One
Joseph Hutchison
Poplar
A week or more back, its stiff
branches spoke up: so many
hesitant jets of absinthe,
milky-green and slight
as syllables. A long time
they dangled there—tender,
secretive. Now, overnight,
this boisterous swarm
of leaves: a whole dictionary
thick with the nuances of poplar.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published by Glass Poetry Press.
All contents © the author.