I wanted to stop writing
and the poem said
it's a beautiful blue night
stop writing.
your time has come by joshua beckman was out from verse press in 2004. it is '150 short lyrics.' the pages of the book are small, and the poems average 3 lines each
personification in some poems makes them feel similar to traditional haiku, like joshua beckman read a lot of haiku and consciously wrote in that tradition
Foolish boat
ignoring the water
you push through.
the poems seem to approach vaguely buddhist ideas
Don't be concerned,
live another week
and then be concerned.
sometimes there is a 'you,' but the poems do not seem to consistently address a single person
Are you enjoying
getting in trouble
for what we did last night?
the speaker seems lazy and chill
i liked the descriptions of the weather and the temperature
So hot tonight
even the cops eat ice cream.
7 poems from your time has come, 1 poem from your time has come, 1 poem from your time has come
two other joshua beckman books i've reviewed here here
joshua beckman on poets.org (5 more poems), your time has come on the wave books website
