POETS’ CORNER: FEELA ON BACK TO SCHOOL

02 Sep POETS’ CORNER: FEELA ON BACK TO SCHOOL

Editor’s note: Author/poet/recently retired teacher-writing instructor David Feela is a regular contributor to Telluride Inside… and Out. His latest book, “How Delicate These Arches: Footnotes from the Four Corners,” a collection of essays, is available at Between the Covers Bookstore . We implored David to send us a post about fall and back to school. Below is his response.

BACK TO SCHOOL IN AMERICA

By now a number two shaded dusk
has settled across California.

Redwoods leaning toward the ocean
cast immense shadows
like a million Ticonderoga pencils

assigned an hour of homework
after a listless summer vacation.

On the East Coast it’s already
too late to get started,
good intentions fast asleep,

lulled by a melodious surf
as it erases every shoreline.