Jimmy Pappas
Somonka with My Mother
The last time I heard
your voice, had I understood
in that brief moment
how tired you were of living,
I would have rushed to your side.
I heard your footsteps
on the grass the other day
when you came to see
me, but my focus was on
the earth settling around me.
Bio
Jimmy Pappas received an MA in English Literature from Rivier University. His poems have been published in such journals as Atticus Review, Misfit Magazine, Kentucky Review, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Off the Coast, Boston Literary Magazine, and War, Literature and the Arts. He is a recent first-prize winner of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire's National Contest.