Just read the most recent post over at How A Poem Happens. This blog, if you're not familiar with it, features poems by contemporary poets as well as a Q & A about the writing of the poem.
Today's poem, by Zachary Schomburg is called "Scary, No Scary" and it's one of the best things I've read in a long time:
SCARY, NO SCARY
You’ll return
to your childhood
home
after a lifetime away
to find it
abandoned. Its
red paint will be
completely weathered.
It will have
a significant westward lean.
You're well advised to read the rest of the poem here because the ending is my favorite part. It's pretty close to perfection in my mind. The poet's comments about the writing of it are quite interesting, too. Be sure to check it out.
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