Poem of the Day: "4 AM" by Jeremy Jusek

Songs of Eretz Poetry Review is pleased to present “4 AM” by Jeremy Jusek.  Mr. Jusek’s work has been published previous in the Review here:   http://eretzsongs.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-songsof-eretz-poetry-review-poem-of.html where a brief bio may be found.

         4 AM

          Jeremy Jusek

The oak porch, peeling, creaks

            in tune with my knees.

            Another kind of heartbeat.

           

The ambassadors of morning,

            dew and mist, vanish.

Poet’s Notes:  Now that I live in Parma, a major suburb of Cleveland, I'm away from trees and surrounded by neighbors. I feel deprived of some fundamental things. Privacy. Calm weekends. Stars. There are many things I love about Cleveland, but I still feel the need to periodically capture the serenity that I miss so dearly. This is one of those attempts.

Editor’s Note:  I like the Japanese short form feel here as well as the crisp images and the metaphor about the heartbeat.