“Portrait in Graphite and Ornamental Hagiography” by C. Dale Young

C. Dale Young‘s poem “Portrait in Graphite And Ornamental Hagiography” appears in The Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day feature for October 13th:

Portrait in Graphite and Ornamental Hagiography

You may not believe it, but I have tried,
set my sights on the morning star
in belief it would guide me. I have tried.

I have tried, as the Jesuits taught, to be
singular, to be whole, to be one. The labor
of this was exhausting. Time reveals things

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