Fog
Published in Poem Of The Day
the sun drops his knee on fog
a diurnal genuflection that
explains the lack of clarity in the prayer's thought
when god prays to himself
using the fog's opaque cushion
we know god is a child
who pretends to pray
because in the midst of his holy make-believe childhood
he is a beautiful version of daffodil twirling in dew
About this poem
"I wrote this poem on a blue Royal typewriter as a train was lumbering its way through a light fog. For an entire year, I wondered why God kept appearing in my writing."
-Vi Khi Nao
About Vi Khi Nao
Vi Khi Nao is the author of "The Old Philosopher" (Nightboat Books, 2016). She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
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(c) 2016 Vi Khi Nao. Originally published by the Academy of American Poets, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
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