Moment

Take time in your life, to brake, roll down the window, and look around and listen. You'll be amazed at what can see and heard, even in the San Joaquin Valley.

C G Hanzlicek received his M.F.A. from the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa and is the author of seven books of poetry. His collection Stars was the winner of a Devins award and his translation work has won him the Robert Payne Award from the Columbia University Translation Center. He teaches at California State University, Fresno. Permission to air granted from University of Pittsburgh Press.

"Moment" 62 lines from The Cave: Selected and New Poems by Charles Hanzlicek, copyright 2001.