Two Poems by Patrick Donnelly (Poetry ’03)

Poetry alumn Patrick Donnelly was recently featured with two poems in On the Seawall. Read an excerpt of one of the poems, “When You Go to Venice Alone” below:

When You Go to Venice Alone

you’ll haunt the narrow corridors at night,

circling the blackened palaces.

Long after the market has closed, cobbles

strewn with mint and crushed flowers,

you’ll watch a waiter lower the umbrellas,

stack the chairs and hose the pavement.

Continue reading “When You Go to Venice Alone” as well as another poem, “The Uses of Pain” here: “When You Go to Venice Alone” and “The Uses of Pain” – On the Seawall

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