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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Except the music of David Shapiro, through Arthur's dead mouth.
Posted by: Kent Johnson | February 23, 2020 at 08:00 PM
wonderful. But surely David’s book came out in 2017?
Posted by: Mark Statman | February 24, 2020 at 12:21 AM
Thanks, Mark. I've made the correction.
Posted by: The Best American Poetry | February 24, 2020 at 07:43 PM
A shame to have made that correction. The typo was pure Shapiro.
Posted by: Kent Johnson | February 25, 2020 at 05:43 PM