Soon, someone is going to ask everyone on GT to name their 10 favorite poems from the last 10 years - Bill Coyle's "Aubade" has to be on the list.
When I first read "Aubade," it reminded me of Wallace Stevens's "Tea" - now I think it outshines "Tea," but here is the Stevens poem.
Tea
when the elephant's-ear in the park
shrivelled in frost,
and the leaves on the paths
ran like rats,
your lamp-light fell
on shining pillows,
of sea-shades and sky-shades,
like umbrellas in Java.
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-- Frank
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