Holland-Dozier-Holland
At fourteen I loved a boy who
kept talking about The Supremes.
He loved other singing groups too,
but said that even in his dreams
they’d sing “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
or “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone.”
Back then, we disagreed. I’d pass
out (almost) hearing Mama Cass.
Our phone calls grew shorter. We met
other friends to play with. I still
miss him—“I Hear A Symphony”
blasts from my car. I can’t forget
our secret touches, the first thrill
of lying body to body.
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), Lilac And Sawdust (Meadowlark Press), and Lavender Fire, Lavender Rose (BrickHouse Books). Opening is forthcoming from Rectos Y Versos Editions.
Charles Weld’s poetry has been collected in two chapbooks (Country I Would Settle In, Pudding House, 2004; and Who Cooks For You? Kattywompus Press, 2012) and has been published in many small magazines. A mental health counselor, he lives in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
Beginning Wednesday, March 30: 
I am excited to offer three new workshops this March/April/May, including evening options, and I invite you all to participate. Use the contact form below if you’d like more information.
Zingara Poetry Review 