Kevin Cole

This Sidewalk Was More Interesting

This sidewalk was more interesting
In the evening leafy sun
A whitewashed wall
Some roses
A tended hermit’s yard

Paths like free verse stanzas
Trellised vines in poet’s light
A garden of word solitude
A summer of the mind

A few steps in the June past
An evening’s finished pages
This sidewalk was more interesting

{Poem by Kevin Cole}