Anna Vera’s Poems

A crease in the sheets Looked just like your feet, But I knew you had left. So I straightened the bed. Half-hoping to find You were lying inside. I imagined you’d say That you’d got off the plane, You’d decided to stay. Or that maybe, you’d say That you’d had to return; Or that someone [...]

There are men who travel far To lands where none have been, There are men who live for war, And men who worship sin. There are men who conquer nations, There are men who pray; And there are men who seek salvation — Many men are they. There are men who travel space, Or fathom [...]