Concentric

Richard W. Halperin

Proust described À la recherche du temps perdu
As concentric. So is any good poem,
So is life. The look you gave me and still
Give me is concentric. A child dips a toe
Into water. Concentric. The Andrea Doria
Sinks slowly, well-photographed in so doing,
My introduction to life in New York.
Just over the hill: The Symposium.
Martian Chronicles
. A Delicate Balance.
Poetry. Genius. A toe dipping. Then
There’s Alan Ginsberg, God rest his sweet soul.
Nothing stops.

Richard W. Halperin

Richard W. Halperin's work is published by Salmon Poetry/Cliffs of Moher (four collections since 2010) and Lapwing Publications/Belfast (16 shorter collections since 2014). In 2024 Salmon will bring out a Selected and New Poems volume drawing upon all twenty collections.

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