David Watts trained first as a classical musician, then switched into medicine becoming an Internist and Gastroenterologist on the faculty of the University of California San Francisco. He has been a television and radio host on PBS, Lifetime Network and served as a commentator on All Things Considered. He came to poetry late in life training at San Francisco State University and The Squaw Valley Community of Writers. He has also written short story collections, western novels, mysteries and essays.He lives in California with his wife and two sons.
My son brings me a stone and asks
which star it fell from.He is serious
and so I must be careful,
even though I know he will place it
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He is sitting next to her.
The firmness of her thigh is pressed against his.
There is no light between them.
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My father used few words.
He moved fearless
from task to task as if
they were meals to be eaten.
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