Three Poems
by Adam Roberts
Some basic forms, such as eyes and limbs, develop early. There is always the possibility that something minor will go wrong at this early phase, in which case the body may be right to reject everything
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STUDY FOR PRIMATES
the brightest channel of seeds
a trash forest in the waves
continues to waver with leaves
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I will be selfish
about trees, blue
light, aboutbreathing, trees
will be selfish, I am fine
Adam Roberts is a poet and educator who is currently working on an MFA in poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. A chapbook of other "small work" is forthcoming with Cannibal Books.
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