Ed Higgins
May 17, 2008
she said
what if
I could disconnect
from you
finally
leave completely
this time
not just behind
my eyes
in imagined choices
but like wind eases
through poplars
nothing resisting
not leaf, not branch
not trunk
rising
in strength
to follow
flight’s desire
I’d belong
to no one
not even
doubt
sing instead
reachable songs
still
left me
in my oh
so separate
heart
Ed Higgins’ poems and short fiction have appeared in Commonweal , Monkeybicycle, Otoliths, Pindeldyboz, and Bellowing Ark, as well as the online journals Lily, CrossConnect, Word Riot, The Hiss Quarterly, Mannequin Envy, Poems Niederngasse, Red River Review, Ducts, and Poets Against War, among others. He lives on a small farm in Yamhill, Oregon with a menagerie of animals including an emu named To & Fro. He teaches creative writing and literature at George Fox University, south of Portland, OR.
