This Is a Billy Joe Harris Poem
This is a Billy Joe Harris
Poem
It’s the only
Type of poem
I can write
I can’t write
A personal Frank O’Hara
Poem
Even tho
I like them
Or
A very personal
Perhaps too
Personal
Charles Bukowski
Poem
Even tho
I like them too
Dear Reader
For the moment
At least
While you are here
You are stuck
Within a
Billy
Joe
Harris
Poem
What is
It like?
You ask
Well, its
A whole
Lot
Like
Me
How do you judge it?
You ask
Well, I don’t
Really know
But I hope
You
Like
Being
Here
With me
Notes:
This poem was previously published in Locuspoint (2007) and is reprinted here by permission of William J. Harris. It is part of the portfolio “I Hope You Like Being Here with Me: The Work of William J. Harris,” curated by Howard Rambsy II.
Source:
Poetry
(February 2023)