Your eyes are not a metaphor. I just meet them and stay there for a while, And I just keep looking. They’re more like
more loveAuthor: Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson is the author of multiple poetry collections, including Jackie Robinson's Real Gone: Baseball Poems of New York (Cornerstone Press). His poetry has appeared in Apple Valley Review, Heavy Feather Review, London Magazine, and elsewhere. A recipient of multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, support from the Emily Dickinson Museum and Hudson Valley Writers Center, as well as a finalist for the Diverse Voices Book Award (Grand View University) and E.E. Cummings Poetry Award (New England Poetry Club), he’s managing editor of Portrait of New England and the poetry editor of The Twin Bill. www.matthewjohnsonpoetry.com