Richard Hedderman
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Bio:
Richard Hedderman is a multi Pushcart Prize nominee and author of two collections of poetry including, most recently, Choosing a Stone (Finishing Line Press). His writing has appeared in many publications both in the U.S. and abroad, as well as in several anthologies including In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to Shakespeare (University of Iowa Press). He has performed his writing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and was a Guest Poet at the Library of Congress. More of his work can be found at richardheddermanpoetry.com
Dove
Toward dusk,set it nearan open window.
It will take flight,scanning fens and flooded crossroads--
all the landmarks of sleep.
It has sungfrom the cupped handsof a saint.
It was held aloftin a lightning stormby a fevered prophet,brandished like a torch—
bruised with rain.
It will take flight,scanning fens and flooded crossroads--
all the landmarks of sleep.
It has sungfrom the cupped handsof a saint.
It was held aloftin a lightning stormby a fevered prophet,brandished like a torch—
bruised with rain.
Poem Written on the Back of a Leaf
This is not a leafbut the wing of a birdtorn by the snow—the wind’s fossilborn down this coastof broken stoneson the sky’s blue tidesand come to restin the placewhere we slept onceand the Red-tailed Hawkand the Inca Dovecried at our parting.
