Dusk

Authors

  • Nicholas Samaras Author

Keywords:

elegy, silence, friendship, Manhattan, loss

Abstract

Addressing an absent friend, the speaker finds dusk in an emptying Manhattan apartment the fitting light for him, a silence that still holds everything left to be said.

Author Biography

  • Nicholas Samaras

    Nicholas Samaras is the author of “American Psalm, World Psalm” (Ashland Poetry Press, 2014). His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Poetry, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. He is currently completing a new book of poetry and a memoir and he serves as the Poetry Editor for The Adirondack Review.

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Maestro

Section

Creative Works

How to Cite

Samaras, Nicholas. “Dusk”. The Mailer Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Sept. 2015, p. 383, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/547.