The doctor says my heart is strong “No problem.” Hearing the results over the intercom the nurses rhumba on all floors, patients of every malady joining in or cheering them on. A marching band turns onto a busy street, the drivers honking away, in favor. A storm on the verge of bursting […]
Tim Suermondt
Tim Suermondt is the author of five full-length collections of poems, the latest: Josephine Baker Swimming Pool from MadHat Press, 2019. He has published in Poetry, Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Georgia Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Stand Magazine, december magazine, On the Seawall, Poet Lore and Plume, among many others. He lives in Cambridge (MA) with his wife, the poet Pui Ying Wong.