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The Tower
by Thomas Zimmerman
Within
the tower
of
the heart, a
hunchback
pulls
the
bell rope. Some
impossible
beloved’s
near
but distanced
by
brute fact:
imagination’s
lack.
The
square below,
a
chessboard’s
chiaroscuro
prison.
Bishop,
knight, and
rook. Weak
king.
Fresh-captured
queen.
String
up the poet,
kook
who’ll die for
beauty.
Unmoved
gods
laugh
darkly
at
the quarking chaos
in
the cosmos: death
beats
art (for now),
a
ragged cloud
obscures
the
waxing
moon.
Thomas Zimmerman (he/him) teaches English, directs
the
Writing Center, and edits The Big Windows Review https://thebigwindowsreview.com/ at Washtenaw Community College, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
His poems have appeared recently in dadakuku, Disturb the Universe,
and Pulsebeat Poetry Journal. His latest book is Dead Man's
Quintet (Cyberwit, 2023). Website: https:/thomaszimmerman.wordpress.com
Twitter
(X): @bwr_tom Instagram: tzman2012 Facebook: Tom.Zimmerman.315
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various
venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s
Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she
can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received. She
is the Assistant Art Director for Yellow Mama.
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