Rainbox
By Mike Sweeten

The sun is down today
A shadow wiRainbox
By Mike Sweeten

The sun is down today
A shadow wide enough to bury it
The summer is dead
And when it passed away I saw it
lift the sky
and leave the columns
standing in place
balancing the weight

We had a good talk Sunday
Jewel afternoon in the shade
I should have had a drink
I know there’s more I wanted to say
and now I can’t explain

Here I am a child
Wild and indiscreet
A mystery to me
Don’t defend me
I’m learning to be more like you

I’m building a frame
Capturing the light for a portrait of you
In black and white
Standing out on Bryant Street
With winter on your shoulders

— Mike Sweeten is a Colorado transplant and a longtime musician and songwriter. He has been living and working in Lawrence for four years. Poet’s Showcase features work by area poets. Submit your poetry via e-mail with a subject line of Poet’s Showcase to mpaget@ljworld.com or send typewritten (not handwritten) submissions to Mindie Paget, 645 N.H., Lawrence 66044, attn: Poet’s Showcase. Teen writers should submit their work to the 18 & Under page at teens@ljworld.com.de enough to bury it
The summer is dead
And when it passed away I saw it
lift the sky
and leave the columns
standing in place
balancing the weight

We had a good talk Sunday
Jewel afternoon in the shade
I should have had a drink
I know there’s more I wanted to say
and now I can’t explain

Here I am a child
Wild and indiscreet
A mystery to me
Don’t defend me
I’m learning to be more like you

I’m building a frame
Capturing the light for a portrait of you
In black and white
Standing out on Bryant Street
With winter on your shoulders

— Mike Sweeten is a Colorado transplant and a longtime musician and songwriter. He has been living and working in Lawrence for four years. Poet’s Showcase features work by area poets. Submit your poetry via e-mail with a subject line of Poet’s Showcase to mpaget@ljworld.com or send typewritten (not handwritten) submissions to Mindie Paget, 645 N.H., Lawrence 66044, attn: Poet’s Showcase. Teen writers should submit their work to the 18 & Under page at teens@ljworld.com.