You sat up white –
as an old wound
cross-eyed and dull
well enough to whisper
nostalgia or something
equally cruel.
Late afternoon lightning
turned your skin pewter
in the same way
I faced the window
where dirty waters
swirled gritty brumal hues.
Until the morning blue
ended you to sleep
and I repositioned your lids.
Bio
John Di Leonardo’s first chapbook Book of Hours was published in 2014. His poems have won numerous awards in various poetry anthologies. He is a Director with The Station Art Gallery in Whitby, President of the Brooklin Poetry Society, and Editor of Verse Afire, The Ontario Poetry Society Publication. John is currently working on a manuscript of Ekphrastic poems. He writes and paints in Brooklin, Ontario.
John Di Leonardo’s first chapbook Book of Hours was published in 2014. His poems have won numerous awards in various poetry anthologies. He is a Director with The Station Art Gallery in Whitby, President of the Brooklin Poetry Society, and Editor of Verse Afire, The Ontario Poetry Society Publication. John is currently working on a manuscript of Ekphrastic poems. He writes and paints in Brooklin, Ontario.
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