Last Hour by Susan Tepper

To the last hour
I work the silent page
pounding clay into
no form  
beating the air out
to learn from 
or recall
in some shape
a life foreign
its long ago form 
keep pounding 
‘til remedy
not cure
‘til the air is out

Susan Tepper is the author of nine published books of fiction and poetry.  Her most recent titles are CONFESS (poetry published by Cervena Barva Press, 2020) and the road novel WHAT DRIVES MEN (Wilderness House Press, 2019).  Tepper has received many honors and awards.  She’s a native  ) New Yorker.  www.susantepper.com