"Wristwatch" by Ron Padgett

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 9, 2017   Wristwatch   Ron Padgett

I've just written six or seven short poems in about half an hour, in a cabin on a pond with raindrops. Maybe I should just sit here for a while, let some time pass so my wife will think I've been working hard.   See that? Some time just went past but so quietly you might have missed it. Then it morphed into the sky. Look, another one! It came out of my wristwatch and slipped away.            Copyright © 2017 Ron Padgett. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   "I wrote 'Wristwatch' while feeling rather tempus fugit. My favorite part of the piece is the stanza break." —Ron Padgett   Ron Padgett is the author of Alone and Not Alone (Coffee House Press, 2015). He lives in New York City and spends time in Vermont.   Photo credit: Ron Sarsgard  Poetry by Padgett   Alone and Not Alone (Coffee House Press, 2015) "For the Graduation [Bolinas School, June 11, 1971]" by Robert Creeley "A Certain Slant of Sunlight" by Ted Berrigan "Improvisation on Lines by Isaac the Blind" by Peter Cole Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. If you enjoy Poem-a-Day, please consider making a donation to help make it possible. 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