chirp

by Joseph L. Dahut

your laugh
bounces like birds
in the morning:

happily hopeless, bobbing
in the summertime dew.

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Joseph L. Dahut is a student at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, where he studies English and Art History. Joseph attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. There, Joseph founded the Gonzaga Poets and Writers and was an editor-in-chief for the school’s literary journal, The Phoenix. Currently, Joseph edits for the online literary and arts review, The American Pike Review. Joseph was a two time finalist in the Parkmont Poetry Festival, and his work can be found in The Sand Canyon Review. Joseph is passionate about the craft of poetry, both reading others’ work and writing his own.