danalevinpoet
@danalevinpoet.bsky.social
404 followers 218 following 23 posts
5 books of poetry, Copper Canyon Press. Brain disturber at Maryville U in St. Louis, Bennington Writing Seminars, and a location near you. Essaying, book forthcoming 2027 Graywolf Press—
![Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you.
by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Do not care if you just arrive in your skeleton.
Would love to take a walk with you. Miss you.
Would love to make you shrimp saganaki.
Like you used to make me when you were alive.
Love to feed you. Sit over steaming
bowls of pilaf. Little roasted tomatoes
covered in pepper and nutmeg. Miss you.
Would love to walk to the post office with you.
Bring the ghost dog. We’ll walk past the waterfall
and you can tell me about the after.
Wish you. Wish you would come back for a while.
Don’t even need to bring your skin sack. I’ll know
you. I know you will know me even though. I’m
bigger now. Grayer. I’ll show you my garden.
I’d like to hop in the leaf pile you raked but if you
want to jump in? I’ll rake it for you. Miss you
standing looking out at the river with your rake
in your hand. Miss you in your puffy blue jacket.
[ran out of space. poem also here: https://tinyurl.com/missyoupoem]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlmttkf54je7ie22kz7oymca/bafkreihnikuy5fzzvpw7ljkgr3dygapmabm2ml3wuhj3rxvepvvjbbwciy)
