Instead of Writing a Poem by Susan Robertson

November 7, 2023
Poem title: Instead of Writing a Poem Poet name: Susan Robertson Poem: I read a poem by James Wright. The one with the ponies. They have come gladly out of the willows. To me they appear as Gods. Such strange things these bodies are. My husband has cancer. The ponies eat their grass. They have come gladly out of the willows. My husband has cancer. The ponies eat their grass. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Susan Robertson Previously published in EcoTheo Review, Spring 2023. Susan Robertson grew up outside Washington, D.C. but has made her home in Canada for many years. Her poems have been published in Canada and the United States most recently in Parentheses, the Offing, Grain, and EcoTheo Review.