Accomplishments by Michael Chitwood

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What you have not done is without error. What you have not said is beyond contradiction.   What you understand of God was yesterday. Today a bicycle waits, chained to a bench.   The success of this afternoon’s nap is the dream of lifting seven boxes, your week, sealed with clear tape.   They stack, three to a column, with the seventh like a capstone. What you do not know they contain.            Copyright © 2014 by Michael Chitwood. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “The first stanza came to me just as it is on an afternoon walk. It took me more than a year to get the other three to go with it.” —Michael Chitwood   Michael Chitwood is the author of Living Wages (Tupelo Press, 2014). He teaches at the University of North Carolina and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Most Recent Book by Chitwood   Living Wages  (Tupelo Press, 2014) "My Teacup" by Alli Warren "Speaking Is" by Cara Benson "Our Daily Becoming" by Adam Clay Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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