Across the park, an old clock tower surrendered itself to moss and vines. Tendrils coil along the clock hands, twine the gears and down the shafts. Finches knit knobby twigs, grass, and leaves, nesting in vents and through the hollows where the eaves have rotted, remaking what we leave behind into the life that follows.
Michael T. Young’s third full-length collection, The Infinite Doctrine of Water, was longlisted for the Julie Suk Award. He received a Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. His chapbook, Living in the Counterpoint, received the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Award. His poetry has been featured on Verse Daily and The Writer’s Almanac. It has also appeared in numerous journals including Cimarron Review, Gargoyle Magazine, One, Rattle, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Facebook. Twitter
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