from “Flying Point” by DJ Dolack

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend July 6, 2015   from “Flying Point”   DJ Dolack

The sea calls to witness some vastness   or that which is only a declaration of the limited and the countable.   And the sun some tourist wades out each morning in obligation   to touch for a few moments and to forget and drown.   And then later the moon high as a pill does its own work   emitting no light but re-guiding light emitted by another:   six ships in the hour follow each other far off   into some great length of silence.            Copyright © 2015 by DJ Dolack. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “‘Flying Point’ is a long poem in progress comprised of many short meditations. The full piece, which arranges and moves through these as seasons, grounds itself in the cadence of the natural world and its ambivalence to human kind. The poem is also perhaps an attempt to dissociate from daily life in the city, where we are constantly asked of, pleaded with, and demanded to.” —DJ Dolack   DJ Dolack is the author of Whittling a New Face in the Dark (Black Ocean Press, 2013). He coordinates tutorial programs and teaches writing at Baruch College, and lives in Jackson Heights, Queens. Poetry by Dolack   Whittling a New Face in the Dark (Black Ocean Press, 2013) "Indian Summer Ritual" by Alma Luz Villanueva from "3 Bewildered Landscapes" by Joanna Klink "The Forest Formed Gills" by Eric Baus Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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