the pedestrian

the pedestrian

Original Text
  • Shannon Bramer, suitcases and other poems (Toronto: Exile Editions, 1999): 53.
    • 1i never cross against the
    2signal, can't get the knack
    3of the green light. so afraid
    4of cars and turning i'm
    5unsure of the thing telling me
    6to go. forever
    7confounded by yellow
    8and convinced under red
    9there is some hidden meaning.
    10green, my friends say, is the only
    11way to move forward, green
    12green, they warn: is a friendly
    13colour
    RPO poem Editors
    Ian Lancashire
    RPO Edition
    2011
    Rhyme
    unrhyming
    Form
    varying
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    Copyright © Shannon Bramer and used by permission of the poet. Authorization to republish this poem must be obtained from her in writing.