National Poetry Month: Day 15. “Stonecrop” by Don Share

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Stonecrop

In the crop of stone,
your ink was ripe.

Like stonecrop
with no stone,

the dying inherit
the dead, cut

what they can’t
untie. They chew

but never swallow:
God alone is full.

It saw what is fragile
break.

(in memory of Rachel Wetzsteon and Sarah Hannah)

– Don Share

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Don Share is Senior Editor of Poetry magazine. His books of poems are Squandermania; Union; and The Traumatophile; forthcoming are two books about the poet Basil Bunting. His translation of Miguel Hernández, I Have Lots of Heart, received the TLS Translation Prize and the PEN/New England Discovery Award.

Original poetry published by The Rumpus. More from this author →