November 2022
Bio Note: I am a retired English Professor at SUNY at ERIE in Buffalo, N.Y. I've published one textbook of poetry prompts, three full-length and six chapbooks of original poetry, along with two CDs of poetry. I've also hosted 5 poetry venues over the years in the WNY area, and have read my work in Woodstock, Kingston, Albany, NYC, Plymouth MA, and Athens, Greece.
Going Against the Flow
My heart cries every day,
or so it seems, but like Odysseus,
I’m too busy for remorse,
wanting only to reach our home,
eat my meal, one prepared
with forethought and love
and sometimes persistence.
But what if a river is a stubborn lake,
and no matter how hard we row,
how resolved to connection, we can’t
push past its condemning mouth?
Embrace all things offshore,
then flow beautifully back to us.
©2022 Perry S. Nicholas
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