National Poetry Month

Rensselaerville Library

30 Days… 30 Poets… 30 Poems

The Rensselaerville Library’s 5th annual online celebration of National Poetry Month showcases a new poem for each of April’s 30 days.

Ed Rinaldi

Poem A Day – Ed Rinaldi – a satyr spied a dryad

We bring National Poetry Month 2012 to a close with Ed Rinaldi’s latest on his quest to write a Poem A Day for the entire year. Thank you to everyone who submitted their work for our Poetry Month project.

Poem A Day – Ed Rinaldi – press this city to begin

press this city to beginportal scented rapturesomewhere I rememberthe smell of rusted Sun in the alleysoft clay, oiled with combustible churnbuilt upon, torn downand built upon againghosts of horses carry the burden as I teem with a madness manifested …