You were my favorite—
Aran Irish wool
eight buttons—
lent to a friend
who was boarding a chilly plane
after a weekend visit.
She promised to ship you back.
That was two years ago.
I never ask for you
but I know exactly where you are.

–Kathleen Gerard

“What a cache of treasures this collection is, what a cache of jewels. […] All are reminders of what the best, briefest poems can do: give back the world to us, as it passes, in the mirror of a few well-chosen words.”

-Cecilia Woloch

Other poems from Bigger Than They Appear:

• “I Used To” by Chocolate Waters
• “How to Be an Animal” by Rebecca Gayle Howell
• “Cheeseburgers” by Dean Crawford
• “A Poet’s Night” by A. H. Jerriod Avant
• “Subjubctive” by Andrew Merton
  

Kathleen Gerard’s prose and poetry have been widely published as well as broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR).