for D.V.H.
landscape, moonscape, seascape
escape evening falling
sun into the sea
instead of upon your toe
or upon your head
out of the sea
the sun fell into, the moon rises
light you do not have to be an eagle
to stare into
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Obediah Michael Smith has published twelve books of poems, a short novel and a cassette recording of his poems. He has published widely in journals, and his work has begun to be translated into Spanish and included in anthologies and journals in South America, Mexico and Spain.
tongues of the ocean 