water drips only
under the trees.
No one is sure
what to do
with the umbrellas.
A girl in green boots
looks for a puddle.
-Robert E. Wood,
“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:
- “The Art of Giving” by Kathleen Gerard
- “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
Robert E. Wood teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. His chapbook, Gorizia Notebook, was published by Finishing Line Press.