Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Ash by Tom Zimmerman

 

Image | Anni Roenkae


ash

 

increasingly 

i think

i understand

 

the motivation 

of those artists

great and small

 

whose work’s designedly

impermanent

 

reminds me 

of what Leonard Cohen said

 

that if your life is burning 

well

the poetry is just

the ash


© Tom Zimmerman



Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman (he/him/his) teaches English, directs the Writing Center, and edits The Big Windows Review https://thebigwindowsreview.com/ at Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His latest poetry book is My Night to Cook (Cyberwit, 2024). Website:  https:/thomaszimmerman.wordpress.com  Twitter: @bwr_tom   Instagram: tzman2012




 

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