Bio
Robert Priest, poet and songwriter, is the author of 23 books. His words have been debated in the legislature, posted in the transit system, quoted in the Farmer's Almanac and chiselled into sidewalks and gravestones. His latest book: If I Didn't Love the River is available through ecwpress.com
Robert Priest
Pain at the back of the eyes
Pain
spills the medium
a vein full
of too many veins
There aren't enough
alphabets
The codes are blown
It is more than information
can stand
It gathers at the temples
pits the jawbones
pushes in at the ears
There is nowhere in the body
big enough for this
scream