Poem-A-Day: poem I wrote sitting across the table from you by Kevin Varrone

October 17, 2013 poem I wrote sitting across the table from you by Kevin Varrone     if I had two nickels to rub together I would rub them together like a kid rubs sticks together until friction made combustion and they burned a hole in my pocket into which I would put my hand and then my arm and eventually my whole self--  I would fold myself into the hole in my pocket and disappear into the pocket of myself, or at least my pants but before I did like some ancient star I'd grab your hand         Copyright © 2013 by Kevin Varrone. Used with permission of the author.   About This Poem "I was at a coffee shop working on a long poem: I overheard someone say that bit about rubbing two nickels together, and glad for the distraction, I thought way too much about that saying and somehow it turned into a kind of love poem. It's a procrastination poem, I suppose, but love poems always seem to be for me."    --Kevin Varrone Most Recent Book by Varrone G-Point Almanac: Passyunk Lost (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010)   Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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.   Kevin Varroneʼs most recent project is box score: an autobiography, recently published as a free, interactive app for iPhone and iPad. He is a 2012 Pew Fellow in the Arts. Varrone teaches at Temple University and lives outside Philadelphia. Varrone will be on a panel titled "Poetic Explorations" at the Academy's Poets Forum in New York City, October 24-26.     Related Poems Yours by Daniel Hoffman an endnote and love song: by Erín Moure Credo by Matthew Rohrer __________________________ Join us at the Poets Forum in NYC, October 24-26 Purchase Tickets       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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