Four Poems By Michael Schiavo

by Mark Bibbins, Editor

SWEET ADDITION

whoever
will

&
will

more
thee

sweet
addition

thou
spacious

not
hide

shall
others

my
fair

water
rain

&
abundance

being
add

one
more

no
no

all
one

CIVIL LOVE

more
thou

roses
&

&
sun

&
bud

all
faults

authorizing
compare

myself
amiss

more
than

to
fault

is
advocate

&
plea

civil
love

that
needs

sweet
me

BECAUSE SONG

love
tho

love
show

love
whose

owner’s
every

new
but

I
greet

in
sing

&
riper

summer
now

when
hymns

but
wild

common
dear

like
I

because
song

& BRIGHTNESS

from
power

with
heart

make
sight

&
brightness

thou
things

very
thy

there
skill

worst
best

who
make

more
hear

love
others

others
abhor

thy
love

worthy
be

Michael Schiavo is the author of The Mad Song and the chapbooks Beautiful School, 275 Ocean Avenue, Ranges I, and Ranges II. He lives in Vermont.

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