Blake's Zen
A blind man named Sattery lived by a church
and people came to him Sundays to talk
Together he saw their heads bolted, bent down
so he carved a new stick each day
tapping, felt out new ways
newer ones every day
newer days every one
Sattery found
Patrick Calhoun is inspired by the Romantic Poets, Sherman Alexie, A. R. Ammons, Maurice Manning and others. He is a former co-director of computing and libraries at the University of South Carolina. Patrick has been published in Asheville Poetry Review and Buddhist Poetry Review, among others.