Making the most of the least I can do, by Bob Hicok

Written By Amanda Barusch

Sometimes a poem tosses me off balance in just the right way and I have to share it with you. Such was the case last night (2am) when I came across Bob Hicok's elegiac poem, "Making the most of the least I can do." It's the movement, the reversals, and all those associations turned in on themselves. See what I mean?

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this rapidly changing world.

Previous

The Virgin and the Whale (a delightful read!)
Next

Creating Social Change Through Creativity