Morning Nocturne by Jill Bialosky

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend November 6, 2014   Morning Nocturne   Jill Bialosky

I am glad today is dark. No sun. Sky ribboning with amorphous, complicated layers. I prefer cumulus on my morning beach run. What more can we worry about? Our parents are getting older and money is running out. The children are leaving, the new roof is damaged by rain and rot. I fear the thrashing of the sea in its unrest, the unforgiving cricket. But that’s not it. The current is rising. The dramas are playing out. Perhaps it’s better to be among these sandpipers with quick feet dashing out of the surf than a person who wishes to feel complete.            Copyright © 2014 by Jill Bialosky. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “‘Morning Nocturne,’ is part of a twelve-part sonnet sequence inspired by a summer spent in a beach town. The sequence is called ‘American Comedy’ and is about the absurdities and realities of modern domestic life.” —Jill Bialosky   Jill Bialosky is the author of The Players, forthcoming from Knopf in 2015. She is an editor at W. W. Norton & Company and lives in New York City. Most Recent Book by Bialosky   The Players (Knopf, 2015) "Indian Summer Ritual" by Alma Luz Villanueva "harbor (the conversion)" by Nick Flynn "Our Valley" by Philip Levine Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. 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.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038