Three Short Poems by Carson Pierpont


-Drench-

Rainy day
Sketch

The dogs
Are so unhappy

They look human.


-Sermon-

The rain
Now falling harder,

At the mention of God.


-Thief-

Where’d the moon go
She said
And slipped her hand,

Into a coat pocket.


Carson Pierpont is a writer living in New York City who enjoys strolling Washington Square with the ghost of Mark Twain.