Poetry in Motion
New York
Love in The Ruins (an excerpt)
Jim Moore
Love in The Ruins (an excerpt)
I remember my mother toward the end,
folding the tablecloth after dinner
so carefully,
as if it were the flag
of a country that no longer existed,
but once ruled the world.
From Invisible Strings © 2011 by Jim Moore. Reprinted with permission from Graywolf Press.
Commuting/Community © 1986 John Cavanagh, NYCT 61 Street-Woodside.
Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design.