"What we think about rhyme" by Genevieve Kaplan

What we think about rhyme                                                           

consider the sneeze, the accumulation
of dust that has been gathering
for years that cold green of spring
that impulsive feeling of “now”
beneath the comfy chair
about or in spite of delight
always and being part
of the slow beauty in dusk
what can be seen from above
is not often everything

Genevieve Kaplan

Genevieve Kaplan is the author of (aviary) (Veliz Books, 2020); In the ice house (Red Hen Press, 2011), winner of the A Room of Her Own Foundation’s poetry publication prize; and three chapbooks. Her poems can be found in Third Coast, Spillway, Denver Quarterly, South Dakota Review, Poetry, and other journals. Kaplan edits the Toad Press International chapbook series, publishing contemporary translations of poetry and prose. She lives in southern California.

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