Richard Collins

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Postcard: Returning From Arizona In June

In Sedona
June has all but dried up
bright as sunburnt flesh
crisp as parchment.

Such a shame spring has fled so soon,

I scribble, only to find it
here waiting for me
like honey in a jar
In Tennessee.

Richard Collins is a Zen monk who lives in Sewanee, Tennessee. He has taught at universities in the US, Wales, Romania, and Bulgaria. His recent poetry appears in Alien Buddha, The Crank, MockingHeart Review, Northridge Review, Shō Poetry Journal, Think, Urthona, and Willawaw Journal. His books include No Fear Zen (Hohm Press, 2015), and In Search of the Hermaphrodite (Tough Poets Press, 2024).