Bob Hicok

Forecast

Bob Hicok
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August 28, 2024
Palazzo da Mula, Venice by Claude Monet (1908)

I fell asleep in the rain.

Its too many kisses

washed my face away.

I thought it a dream,

but woke with little

to offer mirrors.

Now the sky

is clear.

However

the forecast

is for rain.

These are shoes,

this is my shirt,

this a list

of my sins,

my little pleasures.

Remember them.

Soon they'll be

what's left of me.

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Note: This poem is reprinted from The Legend of Light (University of Wisconsin Press, 1995)

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Bob Hicok's forthcoming collection is Breathe (Copper Canyon Press, 2026).

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Bob Hicok

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Calling Him Back from Layoff

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February 28, 2026

This is this

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Sigh

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January 24, 2026

Would You

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January 21, 2026

Sincere

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January 14, 2026
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