Only What’s Imagined by Geof Hewitt
Winner of the 2023 North Street Book Prize in Poetry (read the judges' remarks)
"…natural observation and metaphysical awareness in vivacious, trenchant, witty poems. No whispering or mumbling…Hewitt is far too confident of his own imagination to suppress it, and justly so." —from the introduction by Hayden Carruth
Cobwebs! Don't make me think of them.
Let me picture a spider's more symmetrical effort,
not the chaotic gathering of dust
in strands that hang from ceilings.
Let me think of spider webs,
the organization of desire,
a spider's fractal-like construction to ward off starvation,
a sticky, silver trampoline with "plenty of space to fly through,
just avoid the center!" claims the stupid moth
that fouls the whole web and isn't
anything the spider wants,
just a dusty pair of wings, fluttered to a mealy core,
the cobweb of the animal world.
Not to speak of the damaged web to rebuild…
—from "Delicate" (p. 68)
Only What's Imagined is Hewitt's third collection, Uniquely Guaranteed! No like? Say why, return book, receive full refund. To order, please mail $15 (postage included) cash or check to Geof Hewitt, P.O. Box 51, Calais, VT 05648.
"Hewitt is the poetry slam master of Vermont, and this book is a gem."
—Sam Kolber, 5-star review on Amazon
