On Being Compared to Jim Harrison
you could do far worse
but there are a lot of men
with one eye
& a fondness for rivers
who have trouble
sleeping through the night
men who gave up on shaving ages ago
to write love poems
whispered sweetly into the ears of barn owls
& the faded girls of memory on dirt roads
men who want nothing more
than to lose themselves
in overgrown fields
free of worry
as they listen
to the quiet
morning rain.
John Dorsey is the former Poet Laureate of Belle, MO. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Which Way to the River: Selected Poems: 2016-2020 (OAC Books, 2020), Sundown at the Redneck Carnival, (Spartan Press, 2022, and Pocatello Wildflower, (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2023). He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.
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