Poem of the Moment
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Every few weeks we pop a new poem up here to read or listen to. We only share poems that the poet has intentionally put in the public domain, or where we’ve gotten permission directly.
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Lupines in a Yard in San Antonio, Texas
for P.C.
My friend grieves while we search
for an authentic experience, like tacos
in hand-made corn tortillas. On Zarzamora,
Letitia’s is busy, so it must be good and real.
Early April—Lent specials in cursive
on posters outside. We park near
an unexpected cluster of purple flowers,
short and wild like a sudden storm.
We kneel. I think of Anthony of Padua,
the patron saint of lost things. Both of us
draw closer. The flowers speak to us. They say—
existence and persistence are the same thing.
A brisk spring wind brings sweet
peppers and onions, oil and fish.
~ Michael Kleber-Diggs