A Poem by Sally Ball

Armistice Day, France, 2015

Now comes the moment before darkness
when the river is the sky’s purple mirror

and the riverbank goes dark, the bridge goes dark, everything
melts into nothing save the light that faces itself.
As if it had come to an understanding, as if

it were listening to logic — 
then very soon,
there’s nothing to see.

Sally Ball is the author of Wreck Me and Annus Mirabilis, both from Barrow Street. She’s an associate director of Four Way Books and teaches at Arizona State University.

The Poetry Section is edited by Mark Bibbins.