Someone by Joseph O. Legaspi

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend September 30, 2016   Someone   Joseph O. Legaspi

Somewhere someone rises far earlier than you before the faintest glimmer blues the darkest dark wakens without alarm without body roused by the nightingales neighbor friend or stranger who hasn't seen his sunlit children faces a cold sink oh caffeinated sleepwalker march daily industry with necessity down one flight then up two is heaven in someone warm beside you            Copyright © 2016 Joseph O. Legaspi. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “With this poem I think of cycles. And meditate on devotion, perseverance, work, loneliness, and our vast multitudes stirring in our own private universes. How we are all someone to someone else.” —Joseph O. Legaspi   Joseph O. Legaspi is the author of the forthcoming collection, Threshold (CavanKerry Press, 2017). He lives in Queens, New York. Poetry by Legaspi   Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts, 2014)  "One of the Lives" by W. S. Merwin "Difficult Body" by Mark Wunderlich "Thunderstorm Stack" by Anne Carson Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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