Monk’s Vow, Gazing at a Bank of Snow by Mike Wilson

 

Image | Elton Zheng

Monk’s Vow, Gazing at a Bank of Snow 

  

This persistent bulldog guarding an empty box

against a thief nicknamed death and rumored

to stalk in the disguise of tomorrow I shall bury 

in this bank of snow 

                                      and know peace

 

© Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in many magazines and in Mike’s book, Arranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic. His awards include the League of Minnesota Poets Award, the Maine Poets Society Award, and the Chaffin/Kash Prize of the Kentucky State Poetry Society. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

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