Poem-A-Day: Loss by Carl Adamshick

Loss by Carl Adamshick     It is nice to be without answers  at the end of summer.  Wind lifting leaves from branches.    The moment laid down like something  in childhood and forgotten, until later,  when stumbled upon, we think:  this is where it was lost.    The sadness isn't their sadness.  The sadness is the way    they will never unpack the rucksack  of happiness again.    They'll never surface as divers rising  through leagues of joy, through sun  willowing through the bottom half of waves.    They'll never surface again.  Again and again,    they will never surface.       Copyright © 2013 by Carl Adamshick. Used with permission of the author.   About This Poem "'Loss' came out of a collaboration with Andy Buck. He carved these three-and-a-half inch figures out of wood and applied milk-paint for their clothes. The figures seemed to me somber and I was to give them a voice and narrative. I named each figure, and each figure spoke to something missing. This is number nine in a series of twenty-three. His name is Thomas."    --Carl Adamshick Most Recent Book by Adamshick Curses and Wishes (Louisiana State University Press, 2011)                   July 10, 2013 Carl Adamshick's first collection of poems, Curses and Wishes (Louisiana State University Press, 2011), won the 2010 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. He is the co-founder of Tavern Books. Adamshick lives in Portland, Oregon. Related Poems Ashes by Paula Meehan Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye And You Thought You Were the Only One by Mark Bibbins Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day Archive.       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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