Kenneth Pobo

Under Ice

This snow 
is like some hearts—hard,
immovable. I work

until I see wet ground,
where winter aconites
start to green.  They’ll

send up yellow blossoms,
undeterred, small suns
beside the back door.

Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of thirty-three chapbooks and fifteen full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), At The Window, Silence (Fernwood Press), and Raylene And Skip (Wolfson Press).