House of Poetry - January Issue

Thrilled and honored to be included in the January issue of House of Poetry

Issue II • January 2024 (NEW!) | House of Poetry

Variation on:

“'Variation on a theme by William Carlos Williams' by Kenneth Koch”

- Colton Claye

This is just to say:

I have cleared the forests

that were in your country

Which you were probably saving

for their ability to return water vapor to the atmosphere

and for the beings who made their home there

and for their adeptness at absorbing greenhouse gases

My bad.

Their pulp

and the monocrops growing in their place

were so instrumental in providing me with products

that help me to pass the time away.

Colton is a songwriter, poet, visual artist, and hunt saboteur raised in Milwaukee, WI.His poetry has been published in a variety of print and digital forums. He has attended workshops led by Anne Waldman. And he sends you his warm regards.