Paul Hostovsky

I’m thinking of moving to Keats Street in Winthrop 
because I love the idea more than the thing.
I don’t love Winthrop, which is too close to the airport, 
and I don’t love moving, which is stressful and derailing. 
I love Keats, though, and I could take the train
to work from Revere. I love the idea of writing a poem on the train 
about my derailing move to Keats Street in Winthrop near Revere, 
the U-Haul with its mouth open and the long metal tongue 
of the ramp sticking out in the driveway, a table and chairs 
on the sidewalk, boxes and boxes of books, a reading lamp, 
the low-flying planes arriving and departing with a few 
books spilling thunderously onto the lawn.

Paul Hostovsky's poems and essays appear widely online and in print. He has won a Pushcart Prize, two Best of the Net Awards, the FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize, the Muriel Craft Bailey Award from the Comstock Review, and has been featured on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, and The Writer's Almanac. He makes his living in Boston as a sign language interpreter and braille instructor. Website: paulhostovsky.com