David Wagoner

Wallace Stevens On His Way To Work

He would leave early and walk slowly As if balancing books On the way to school, already expecting To be tardy once again and heavy With numbers, the unfashionably rounded Toes of his shoes

For A Row Of Laurel Shrubs

They don’t want to be your hedge, Your barrier, your living wall, the no-go Go-between between your property And the prying of dogs and strangers. They don’t Want to settle any of your old

At The Door

All actors look for them-the defining moments When what a character does is what he is. The script may say, He goes to the door And exits or She goes out the door stage