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Stopped on 14th Street, Headed East

by Darin Zimpel

Darin Zimpel

Racine Poet Laureate 2011-2013

Darin is a lifelong Racine, WI resident, where he lives with his wife, Bethany, a dog, three cats, and an never-ending stream of foster cats and kittens, He calls singer-songwriter, Suzanne Vega, his Poetic Godmother, as her debut album in 1985 was vital to help him understand poetry. He admires the work of Emily Dickinson and Wallace Stevens. For his own work, he says that the only pre-requisite to understand it are to be human and to take the time and care to fully digest it. He is a big fan of the Milwaukee Brewers, and he hates sock monkeys.
.Looking ahead,
Coal-filled train cars
Rush north
Spaces between them
Flashing quick cold
Views of Lake Michigan
In the distance.

Out the side window
I see a crow scratching
At something
Frozen on the sidewalk
And admire his
Poised comfort
​Living wrapped in black.
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