March 2020
Bio Note: I’ve been a long time away from V-V because of my 5-year obligation as Colorado Poet Laureate, which ended this
summer, freeing me finally to do some writing (revising, actually) and get back up on the Submission horse.
I am native of Denver, Colorado, and feel that high-plains light is part of my heritage. At least it’s what I hope for in my work. I direct and teach in the Professional Creative Writing program at the University ofDenver’s University College and live with my yoga-instructor wife in the mountains southwest of the city.
I am native of Denver, Colorado, and feel that high-plains light is part of my heritage. At least it’s what I hope for in my work. I direct and teach in the Professional Creative Writing program at the University ofDenver’s University College and live with my yoga-instructor wife in the mountains southwest of the city.
Narcissus
This stalk of paperwhites (Narcissus
papyraceus), its gnarled bulb awry
in a cramped pot, has slumped
beside the sink and huddles now
against the vanity mirror.
Although its faint musty scent’s
too honest for joy, it flaunts
a flag of snowy petals.
Can it be this plant feels pleasure,
seeing its figure echoed by the glass?
I know I do.
©2020 Joseph Hutchison
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