Foolishness

by James G. Piatt

Only sad echoes

of fading memories 

linger,

engulfing the harsh

incongruity resonating in 

the old poet’s life.

He writes with briny tears, 

on tissue paper, and

lives in the insignificance 

of his life’s absurdness as

he watches 

the cold incoming 

metamorphic tide 

surging

into his sanity, 

creating images 

that reflect the

melancholy

that has become

a mirror reflecting 

the foolishness

of his poetic life.

James G. Piatt, a poet and novelist, is a twice Best of The Net nominee and four-time Pushcart nominee. He has had five poetry books, The Silent Pond, (2012), Ancient Rhythms, (2014), LIGHT, (2016), Solace Between the Lines, (2019), and Serenity, (2022), over 1775 poems, five novels, and thirty-five short fiction pieces published worldwide. He earned his doctorate from BYU, and his BS and MA from California State Polytechnic University, SLO.