my list of favorite poets
and short fiction
writers.
it's not a long list, but
a list
i've
been keeping since the age
of seventeen.
salinger and updike,
cheever.
lorrie moore, of course.
and hemmingway
and Chekov. grace paley
as she stands
ironing.
ray carver gets a nod as well.
joyce carol oates
who can't stop writing.
and then
there's bukowski who lines
my shelves
with his whoring
and
booze
and occasional gems.
sylvia and anne sexton.
deadly
and dead, but oh my
how brilliantly they flew.
elizabeth bishop if only
for That Fish she caught so
wonderfully
with her famous
pen.
phillip larkin.
Mark Strand. phillip
Levine who mined the working
class.
so many to mention that i
go back to
when i run dry, time and time
again.
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