Larry Smith Biography

We work for hours
at my son’s house
trimming grass, pulling weeds.
The thistle are taller
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What we came for, and what arrives.

My grandson and I walk out the pier
all the way to the lighthouse,
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for Zoe Miranda and Alyssa Ann

As I gaze into the faces
of our new granddaughters
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My wife agrees to babysit overnight
our new granddaughter—Zoe Miranda.
“They need some time alone, ” she says,
and I think aloud “And so do we.”
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MILLTOWN RESURECTION

I park before the old hardware store
stare into the darkness.
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