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How odd to stand alone
in a field of melons.
Our mother would have
told us
as we lumbered home
with the largest one
to march right back
and take no more
than you can eat alone.
It is no wonder
a man won't leave his mother
when she has so much
left to say.
Norman Minnick has
lived in Kentucky, Indiana and South Florida, but can often be found
with his feet up in Key West. He has degrees in Art and Creative
Writing. His poems have been published or are forthcoming in Stand,
The Seattle Review, Notre Dame Review, Appalachian Heritage and
The Caribbean Writer among others. He recently won the Academy of
American Poets prize.
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