D.A. Powell
what else moves like a river
a hand erasing its shadow
as it writes in green ink
cheep and trill among the rushes
exhausted sigh of atoms on the air
careful not to repeat myself
I repeat myself
the moon tonight
I can’t tell you
it’s too good
* Imago, n. The final metamorphic stage for certain insects (pl. imagines).
DA Powell's books include Repast (Graywolf, 2014) and Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys (Graywolf, 2012). He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well the 2019 John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Powell teaches at University of San Francisco.
