In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April.
The Square
— by Monica Kezar —
My breakfast of fried ham and bread
Is good. Here at the Grand
Hotel, just off the square.
It’s faded glory somehow comforting.
I picked a table near the window
Which proved a drafty choice.
Tangled memories accompany
The strong dark coffee.
With old jaded eyes
I stare down into the square.
Strangers moving in slow motion.
Like my memories, I recognize them.
They surface at odd angles.
Converging, colliding, casualties.
Another country. Another hotel.
Another breakfast. Another square.
Stop. Rewind. Play.
I grab my heavy winter coat
And dash to the square.
The day’s first hours cannot be wasted.
