Quartet
1
assemble the words
salt
waxed twine
and graves
2
soldiers’ graves
shallow and many
those of saints
few and deep
3
burial in the heart
comes after
all the flowers
have wilted
4
bare trees
still moon
the snow line
a fraction closer
Tony Beyer is a New Zealander who has recent or forthcoming work in Atlanta Review, Hamilton Stone Review, and Otoliths. His most recent book is Great South Road and South Side (Puriri Press, 2013).
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