Seer
Last night
you look
at me hard
then soft
like you see
something
old and sad
in me.
Credit
From Back of Mount Peace. Copyright © 2010 by Kwame Dawes. Used with the permission of Peepal Tree Press.
Author
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. The author of more than ten poetry collections, he served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
Date Published
12/22/2017