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, about

breathing, 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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