THE PROFESSOR OF REGRET
By Howie Good
It’s more of an effort
than it should be
for you to go
from one room
to the next.
A dog wearing
a strangely
human expression
follows you out.
At some point
a person notices
the sound of crying
disturbing the leaves
and the light
on the crumbling
ledges of clouds
or doesn’t.
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Howie Good is the author of 10 poetry chapbooks, including Visiting the Dead (2009) from Flutter Press and Still Life With Firearms (2009) from Right Hand Pointing, available at http://www.righthandpointing.com/firearms/ His first full-length collection of poetry, Lovesick, has just been published by Press Americana (for more information, visit
http://www.americanpopularculture.com/press_americana.htm ). His poetry has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize and four times for the Best of the Net anthology.
By Howie Good
It’s more of an effort
than it should be
for you to go
from one room
to the next.
A dog wearing
a strangely
human expression
follows you out.
At some point
a person notices
the sound of crying
disturbing the leaves
and the light
on the crumbling
ledges of clouds
or doesn’t.
- - -
Howie Good is the author of 10 poetry chapbooks, including Visiting the Dead (2009) from Flutter Press and Still Life With Firearms (2009) from Right Hand Pointing, available at http://www.righthandpointing.
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