New Poetry by Richard LeDue

 

A Dusty Al Purdy Book

Dust is illiterate,

unable to tell the difference

between a hotel drawer bible

and an award winning poetry book,

and our only answers

are sneezing and clearing our throat,

as if we had something important to say,

but we end up reading the silence instead-

our dilated pupils pinpointing a metaphor,

which seems deeply personal

until we close our eyes and realize

we're just plagiarizing the dark.

- © Richard LeDue 2023

Richard LeDue (he/him) is the author of eight books of poetry. His work has appeared in the Eunioa Review, Neologism Poetry Journal, Duck Duck Mongoose, and other publications, both online and in print. His latest book, “Secondhand Salvation,” was released from Alien Buddha Press in February 2023.