{"id":2224,"date":"2014-04-28T01:12:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T01:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2017-07-12T01:51:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:51:54","slug":"fridays-by-bruce-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/fridays-by-bruce-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Fridays by Bruce Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bruce<\/h2>\n

Fridays<\/h2>\n

by Bruce Taylor<\/p>\n

Afterwards, they\u2019re too used to it all
\nto weep anymore in a parking lot
\nat such a normal thing as parting,
\nbirds coming or going, all the trees
\nputting off or on their leaves.
\nThere\u2019s the usual weekend errands,
\nhe gets kitty litter and light bulbs,
\nshe salmon and trash\u2011bags. What they are
\nexpected to bring home and what they do.
\nThen there’s the left turn and the right,
\nthe predictable nature of the antipodal,
\nwhile the lights in every direction,
\nat every intersection blink their easy advice\u2014
\nto stop or go or to proceed with caution.<\/p>\n

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\nBruce is the author of eight collections of poetry, including The Longest You’ve Lived Anywhere: New & Selected Poems 2013 and editor of eight anthologies including Wisconsin Poetry (Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts & Letters), and with Patti See, Higher Learning, (Prentice Hall 3rd ed.) 2011.<\/p>\n

His poetry and translations have appeared in such places as Able Muse, The Chicago Review, The Columbia Review, The Cortland Review , The Formalist, Literary Salt, Light, The Nation, The New York Quarterly, The Northwest Review, Poetry, Rattle, Rosebud, Slow Trains, Verse Wisconsin, Your Daily Poem and on Writer’s Almanac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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