Matthew Zapruder is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Father’s Day, from Copper Canyon in Fall 2019, as well as Why Poetry, a book of prose. He is editor at large at Wave Books, where he edits contemporary poetry, prose, and translations. He teaches in the MFA and English Department at Saint Mary’s College of California.
photo credit: B.A. Van Sise
THE ANTIDOTE TO FASCISM IS POETRY
dear hidden gems
riding on the bus
your green glow
has something to say
to the artificial mind
alive in those buildings
where time’s spiders
were invented to eat
the continual terrible
boredom we emanate
looking down at our phones
instead of a tree
under that cloud
that looks like a door
Matthew Zapruder, “The Antidote to Fascism is Poetry.” Reprinted with the permission of the author. All rights reserved.