J.R. Solonche

In Front

This is where the shadows
look their sexiest,

wear their Sunday best,
flow in black waves

on the green beach
of the grass,

while the setting sun
pulls the pink horizon

to its chin and sets up
to blow me a red kiss.


J.R. Solonche is the author of 32 books of poetry, three of which were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and one, Selected Poems 2002-2021, for the National Book Award.