‘Tongue-rich smells’

— Photo by Gary Rogers

“Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire”, by William James Glackens (1909)

“I am built of the scent
of August marsh,
wishing well verdigris pennies,
the first turn of leaf-molded dirt.
Tongue-rich smells
permeate my fingertips,
behind knees, inside elbows.’’

— From “After — For Adam,’’ by Portsmouth, N.H.-based poet and librarian Lesley Kimball

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