AFTER READING THE POEMS OF TADA CHIMAKO
Pine trees announce their death shedding
all their needles— spending their reserves
like a child’s allowance
New forest growth requires decades of patience
waiting for rot to break away from the canopy,
letting sunlight rest on the ground
and sometimes it takes fire
In my dreams I forget my own name while
running a maze in the darkened dirty streets of Paris
until I wake in a stranger’s bed
These things are the same
nothing dividing one from the other
all answering to the same name
ABOUT THE POET
Justin Evans was born and raised in Utah. He served in the Army and returned to
Utah for his education. For the past two decades, he has lived in rural Nevada with
his wife and sons where he teaches at the local high school. He is the author of ten
books of poetry. Most recently are Cross Country (Wordtech, 2019), written with
the poet Jeff Newberry, and All The Brilliant Ideas I've Ever Had (Kelsay Books,
2020). In
early 2022, Justin was awarded an artist fellowship from The Nevada
Arts Council.
ABOUT SUGAR HOUSE REVIEW
We loved reading the work that we’ve published (clearly), and we want an
opportunity to better hear our contributors. We're featuring audio recordings of
poems from our pages, read by the poet. This an open invitation to all contributors
from any of our issues, we were delighted to print your work, now we’re eager to
hear it.
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