Sunday, August 20, 2023

JUSTIN EVANS—"AFTER READING THE POEMS OF TADA CHIMAKO" (Issue 26)

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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