Tiny Flame

Tiny Flame

by Kenneth Pobo

Darkness shuts us
Into an empty room.
I’d rather be in there
With you — we can
sing where even
Twitter can’t reach,
electricity bent
into notes.


Kenneth Pobo has a new book out from Duck Lake Books called Dindi Expecting Snow. His work is forthcoming in: North Dakota Quarterly, Switchback, Paris Lit Up, and elsewhere. He and his husband enjoy watching birds from their porch. He teaches English and creative writing at Widener University in Pennsylvania. On twitter @KenPobo.