“For Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,” by Leigh Lucas (Poetry ’17)

Poetry alum Leigh Lucas was recently featured in the LEON Literary Review. Read an excerpt of “For Antoine de Saint-Exupéry” below:

For Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I see myself in the child in you. Below us I see
                                                                                                       fields of sand. Breath is
                            all        there is
                                                    between us.

This airplane is aluminum and tin, thin
                                        between us and a zillion stars.  

I carry the canteen gently to your cracked lips, cradle
your head and let you drink. You clear your throat and tell my favorite story.

Your voice, the engine,
                 hum,

                    until I drift off              
                                                                  and we drift,                 we drift.

Read the rest of this poem here: http://leonliteraryreview.com/issue-6-leigh-lucas/