I’m back in the new year and ready for more Sunday night poetry.
Sometimes a poem succeeds based on a single striking image expressed in exactly the right way. Such is the case with tonight's poem, “The Forms of Love,” by George Oppen:

Resident of Howard County, Maryland, systems engineer, and amateur essayist and data scientist. Author of the book That Type of Girl: Notes on Takako Shimura's Sweet Blue Flowers. Staff writer for Okazu.
I’m back in the new year and ready for more Sunday night poetry.
Sometimes a poem succeeds based on a single striking image expressed in exactly the right way. Such is the case with tonight's poem, “The Forms of Love,” by George Oppen: