(December 24,1943 / Long Beach, California)

Poems of Clifton King

1. Alaska Cruise 9/6/2010
2. Along for the Ride 9/22/2010
3. Before the Fall 9/6/2010
4. Between Pieces 9/22/2010
5. Father's Final Words 7/8/2010
6. Finding Chicago 7/8/2010
7. Georgia Pines 9/22/2010
8. Hat 9/6/2010
9. Letter to Pablo Neruda 9/22/2010
10. Lover's Waltz 9/22/2010
11. Man at the Diner 7/8/2010
12. Mount Saint Helens 9/6/2010
13. Neighborhood Boys 7/8/2010
14. Paper Targets 9/22/2010
15. Quake 7/8/2010
16. Searching for a Poem 7/8/2010
17. Sestina to My Daughter, and My Daughter's Daughter 7/8/2010
18. Sunday Shoes 9/22/2010
19. The House I Left Behind 7/8/2010
20. The New Shirt... 9/6/2010

Man at the Diner

His tee-shirt
hangs loose
from bony shoulders,
reminds me
of my father:
once muscled
arms and chest
sagging, rounded
with the weight

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