Poem - "The Arboriculturist"

One of my poems entitled "The Arboriculturist" was published by Perigee: Publication for the Arts, an online literary journal in the Aug./Sept./Oct 2007 issue (No. 17).

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Here is the poem as it appeared in Perigree:

THE ARBORICULTURIST

by Michael Minassian

Wanting shade
I made a tree;

first, an old step
ladder, wooden
with one missing slat.

For leaves, I took
pages of books
I found discarded
next to the washing machine.

Pictures from magazines
stood for blossoms;
a torn photograph
I forgot to burn
hung like ripened fruit.

But what shall I use
for roots to anchor
my surrogate sapling
this artifice of bark,
sap, and heartwood?

To view the video of my interview with Professor Gary Kay, play the You Tube video below (An Eye On Literature Production). For more video of additional poems, visit http://eyeonliterature.blogspot.com/