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Naturally, something that calls itself small wants little to do with attention. Geography called small is a quiet gush of light, tides that pool in small sand-banked reservoirs, and discreet stands of pines, the trees not small, but their conversations are. Hush of seals, their heads rise out of small waves to gaze at each other and walkers on the beach. Small snaps of seaweed, and here on this slender (small) point of stone and sand, a peninsula, almost silent but for small bird calls. And you, present in your skin, and your skin, dry, and the wind, dry, small. And you, John Marin, driving small points in long strokes, water in your paint, the sea in your here, now.
Elaine Sexton's fourth collection of poem, Drive, will be published by Grid Books in 2022. Her poems, reviews, and essays have appeared in journals and magazines including the American Poetry Review, Art in America, Five Points, Oprah Magazine, Pleiades, Plume, and Poetry. She teaches poetry at the Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. She serves as the visual arts editor for Tupelo Quarterly. See www.elainesexton.org.
