Poems Quotes

“How I wish I were by the sea again.
This slack season the men must be painting
the hulls of the boats or sleeping the noon away.
I would not sleep if I were they.”
― Simeon Dumdum Jr., Poems: Selected and New, 1982-1997

“Whoever is missing in action turns
Into a flower, after he reappears
In stories, such as the old people were
Telling...”
― Simeon Dumdum Jr., Poems: Selected and New, 1982-1997