Poem of the Day: Vestibule

1 / 31 / 2015

Poem of the Day: Vestibule BY CHASE TWICHELL What etiquette holds us back from more intimate speech, especially now, at the end of the world? Can't we begin a conversation here in the vestibule, then gradually move it inside? What holds us back from saying things outright? We've killed the earth. Yet we speak of other things. Our words should cauterize all wounds to the truth. Chase Twichell, "Vestibule" from Dog Language Source: Dog Language (Copper Canyon Press, 2005) CHASE TWICHELL Biography  More poems by this author