THREE POEMS
TIMOTHY RESAU
POEM I
HELLO
For I always say either too much or too little, which is a terrible thing for a man with a passion for truth like mine - Molloy
I just wanted to say, hello--
Hello, to you--
I just wanted to say…
to say…
just wanted…
to you--
Hello.
I just wanted to say to you …
I just wanted …
you…
to say--
I just wanted you
to say—I wanted
hello…
to you—just you--
I…
Hello— hello—you—just
I--
POEM II
ON DARWIN
A circle knows nothing,
and all travelers know how small time is,
ask Darwin,
he knew the impossibility of speaking.
He evolved,
falling in love with specimens of us.
Knowing Darwin
I’ve encountered circles,
laughing while I experienced my DNA.
Imprinting, I’ve gone through planets
where ghosts live,
and it was neither good nor bad--
physical or spiritual--
It was experience, complicated experience,
radiating colored vibrations of you, & me.
POEM III
SHAKESPEAR'S BIRTHDAY
(An early morning station break)
Coffee & the whole kitchen--
smoke toasting as warm sunrays
fall across wooden tabletop--
(An early morning taste take).
Auto-ride beneath elms & oaks--
Pollen-yellow atmosphere, wet tar--
& teenaged couples carrying copies of Kesey--
A clock swings atop the National Bank,
announcing that it is 8:05 & 71 degrees--
Lights flash & a school bus appears--
an old man in plaid shirt panics
while crossing the asphalt street--
(Early morning stage fright).
A tow truck in drag--
auto-ride music, or solid sounds
& beltway beat throbs like an electronic snake--
Young girl cross-legged on grass slope, reading--
I turn around while getting lost--
A woman in Dunkin Doughnuts fills milk container
with milk. (I see the word milk).
Waitress to customer:
— Do you want cream in your coffee?
—Yes, dream, I do!
ABOUT
Timothy Resau’s writings have appeared internationally, recently in Maryland Literary Review, New Note Poetry Anthology 2022, Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Paddler Press, Defuncted Journal, New Pop Lit, ZiNDaily, Discretionary Love, “Z”, a Micro-Clapbook, Poetica, Lothlorien Poetry, Superpresent, Decadent Review, Academy of the Heart & Mind among many others, and forthcoming in Broken Sleep Press’s Masculinity Anthology, 2024, Lothlorien Poetry Journal 25, & Coalition Fall Issue.
Find him at www.words-by-tim.com https://twitter.com/TimothyResau