he read
somewhere
(maybe in Proust)
that the word nostalgia
comes
from the Greek
for homecoming and pain.
now,
if he could only figure out
why losing her hurt so god damn much.
© John Yamrus
In a career spanning more than 50 years as a working writer, John Yamrus has published 39 books. He has also had more than 3,000 poems published in magazines and anthologies around the world. A number of his books and poems are taught in college and university courses. He is widely considered to be a master of minimalism and the neo-noir in modern poetry. His two most recent books are PEOPLE (AND OTHER BAD IDEAS) and PRESENT TENSE.
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