Where shall I look, in seeking good company? Who will share my wine?
Alas, I raise my gourd up to heaven- The moon, my partner.
She shares my lonely cot; her rays the soft touch, one which I’ve forgot.
© Eric Baker 2020
Bio:
Eric Baker is a young Korean-American poet hailing from New York City. He is currently an undergraduate studying at St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD and is also an alum of the Bronx High School of Science. When he isn’t bussing tables, stacking glasses, or hitting the books, you can usually find him scribbling in his notes.
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Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
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Deceptively simple, wonderfully rich. Thanks for sharing this piece.