Gibbons Ruark
The recipient of three NEA Fellowships in poetry, Gibbons Ruark is retired after many years of teaching at the University of Delaware. His books include Rescue the Perishing, Reeds, Passing through Customs: New and Selected Poems and most recently Staying Blue (Lost Hills, 2008). He currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife.
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Late
[audio:http://shanendoah.wpenginepowered.com/612/files/2011/08/Ruark-Late.mp3|titles=Ruark Late] Late night, late love, and at the window, rain, And then the aftermath of love and rain, The wakefulness beside a kitchen window, The whole house quiet as the soul of darkness Except for the sounds of two …