Reunion by Alec Solomita

I’m ready once more

for the pale pages of books,

for words and their occupants

to crowd my heart again.

Welcome back,

long lounging sentences,

cryptic short ones,

Tennyson ‘wild with all regret’

And Robert Hayden

‘What did I know, what did I know

of love's austere and lonely offices?’

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Alec Solomita’s stories and poems have appeared in many publications, including The Adirondack Review, The Southwest Review, The Galway Review, Algebra of Owls, The Blue Nib, Bold+Italic, Trouvaille Review, and The Lake. He was shortlisted by the Bridport Prize and Southword Journal. He was named a finalist by the Noctua Review. His poetry chapbook, “Do Not Forsake Me,” was published in 2017. He lives in Massachusetts, USA.