Poem-A-Day: Glass Corona by Brian Henry

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Glass Corona by Brian Henry   The opening (read: aperture) is open by design (read: default), so susceptible to departure with the brain floating, bag of salt, loud, malleable light, the sky profuse in its movement from rim to vault, an orb (read: void) open to obtuse approach from any outer corridor (read: vector), as if angle could produce what sight announces as visitor, a gravity-infected flash, or fleck, that, focused, becomes meteor, the surface less limit than wreck, the eye a crash site, open to air, onto a sky that will not reflect.   Copyright © 2012 by Brian Henry. Used with permission of the author. Poetry by Henry Doppelgänger December 19, 2012 The author of numerous collections of poetry, including Doppelgänger (Talisman 2011), Brian Henry lives in Richmond, Virginia. Related Poems Eye Against Eye [excerpt] by Forrest Gander Eyes Fastened With Pins by Charles Simic The Eye Like a Strange Balloon Mounts Toward Infinity by Mary Jo Bang Poem-A-Day started as a National Poetry Month program in 2006, delivering daily poems from newly-published poetry titles.   Due to popular demand, Poem-A-Day became a year-round program in 2010, featuring original, never-before-published poems by contemporary poets on weekdays, and classic poems on weekends.   Browse the Poem-A-Day archive for selections since 2010.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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