KENNETH POBO

OPEN A WINDOW

His favorite show
growing up was
The Flying Nun.

Agatha is hardly
a nun though
she flies through

stained glass
at St. Crispian’s Church,
never interrupts Mass.

Back home she lightly
lands beside
red mums. Earth

has some charm,
not enough
to ground her.

AGATHA TAKING OFF

The moon is a popcorn popper.
Kernals of light explode
as my wings flap.

If I’m home by supper,
I’ll send you a dream of me
at the table.

Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers) and Lilac And Sawdust (Meadowlark Press). Forthcoming from Fernwood Press is a book of poems called At The Window, Silence. His work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, London Grip, Amsterdam Quarterly, Orbis, Nimrod, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere. @KenPobo

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