Gregory Luce is the author of four books of poetry: “Signs of Small Grace,” “Drinking Weather,” Memory and Desire,” and “Tile,” and has been published widely in print and online. He is the 2014 Larry Neal Award winner for adult poetry given by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Retired from National Geographic, he currently works as a volunteer writing tutor for 826DC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students enhance their creative and expository writing skills.
A PICTURE OF FLOWERS
perfectly fixed
in their moment
of ripeness
dead now
before the artist
also dead now
intimate and near
and distant
as the dead stars
whose light I see
at this moment
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