“Philemon”

“Philemon” by David Anthony Sam begins:

This eve
of new-old wars
and infinite sorrows
called me to leave my warm
room and join the mist outside
in a dark without stars. [continue reading]

Also by David Anthony Sam at Heron Tree: “The Difficulty of Morning,” “After Bashō,” “What is Still,” “Unforgetting,” and “Brittle.”