Kevin Young – Feb 17th, Iyengar II & I
Earthy love for Valentine’s week!
SWING
You climb the tree
of me—limbs,
knots, your name
carved right
above the heart. And every
year another ring
discovered around my middle
like a moon!
A planet distant. A redwood.
Into my crook you set
yourself a spell
and sing.
Shudder me my thousand
leaves, brushed
by billion winds.