Christopher Spaide

Christopher Spaide has had his poems, essays, and reviews published in Contemporary Literature, The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Poetry, Sewanee Review, The Yale Review, American Literary History, The Cambridge

I. Troppo Allegro

by Christopher Spaide

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In memory of Dorothy Burns

Remember seasons? Seem to recall those once were easier.

Reasonably sequenced, regal of tempo and temper,

Reliable change flipped heads-over-tails each quarter,

Recovering the hemisphere with four fine suits, knock-off designer.

Recently, someone shuffled, cut the deck into disorder:

Relapse, tic, hiccup, snap, weeks reissued like hipster

Rediscoveries ... join the club! No closer

Reading required to diagnose this crazy weather:

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