Poems
29 poems by Micah Boswell
Lima and Dallas. A son, a father, a faith that keeps getting rebuilt. Music from a warehouse in the nineties. Written over thirty years and published here, one page each, under his own name.
- 3.33A restless dreaming sky. · aging, faith, family
- Chosen FamilyThe ones in the dark corner of the nightclub · dallas, music, identity, family
- DesignWithout being taught to design, · identity
- DreamsDreams are born in those moments
- Explosions, GunshotsExplosions, gunshots— · peru, memoir
- FogThis thick fog lays out its gaseous tendrils,
- Growing ApartWe were young once. · music, love, aging
- I'll be your villainI was the one who didn’t kneel. · family, grief, identity
- InheritanceI broke it quietly. · family, nova, faith
- Kabala meets 16th Century SpanishKeter – The Crown / The Inheritance of Silence · heritage, faith, identity
- LaughI laugh at very serious occasions. · memoir
- Mayakovski's GhostWhen I was a university man, · family, nova, identity
- Men's Room Sonata in Tiled MinorThe men’s bathroom:
- Miguel DassoAvenida Miguel Dasso. San Isidro. · peru, memoir
- NovaI worried about Nova for a long time. · nova, family, music
- One NightOne night, after wine and Turkish coffee, · heritage
- PushI know I pushed you away last night, writing · love
- Simpler in LimaIn Lima, we learned to flinch young. · peru, memoir, identity
- Still his dadHe’s quieter now. · nova, family, love
- SundayThere were years I ran from it. · faith, family, memoir
- SympathySympathy shatters me for some reason · grief, memoir
- The PianoThere was a piano wherever we went. Remember? It was weathered by travel, tuned by the bumps of roads and cargo. There was this gently bruised melody in those many places we called home. And some nights, when dad travelled to churches, mom would play at home. · family, music, peru, memoir
- The Road TakenI’ve walked life like a long, broken road, · peru, dallas, love, nova, music, memoir, aging
- To be this oldTo be this old, you see · aging, love
- TribesI turned away from all the tribes. · faith, identity, family
- Tuesday nightHe’s here, · nova, family
- We've ForgottenThey bent their backs beneath medieval cathedrals, · heritage, faith
- What dads doHe doesn’t talk to me now. · nova, family, love
- WitnessI told you about Jesus. I believed the stories I’d · faith, identity