James Humphrey, 1975, Cambridge, Massachusetts

James Humphrey’s birthday is today. Had he lived, he would have been 75 years old.


The Wonder of This Moment

Canada bluegrass, Chinese

whitegrass, brookgrass, wise

centipede, early dragonfly,

milkweed, sunflower nubs.

Season’s first popsicle.

The real air with reality,

shivers

James Humphrey 

from Ice, © Poets Alive Press, 1989