Revising Thoreau

Thoreau
only left
the woods,
his face
shaded
by a wide hat,
to borrow
a pencil
but found out
there was
a fire
downtown
& stayed
to watch.

Now,
whenever
there’s
an interesting bird,
he dashes
outside
& shoots it.









Howie Good’s latest book of poetry is The Complete Absence of Twilight (2014) from MadHat Press. He has several poetry books forthcoming, including Fugitive Pieces (Right Hand Press) and Buddha & Co (Plain Wrap Press). He lives in New York.



You can see more of his work in Issue 1.2 and Issue 1.3