Poetry in Motion
San Francisco
Persian Blue
Derrick Austin
from Persian Blue
Tonight, our thousand and second night,
tell me the story of our laughter
through sudden summer rain.
Tell me the story of salt: on your shoulder,
chest, and chin. Tell me how that first week
we seemed to know our pasts by heart,
where we’d been and where we planned to go.
An excerpt from "Persian Blue" by Derrick Austin from Trouble the Water (BOA Editions, 2016). Reprinted with the permission of the publisher. Muni Art 2021, San Francisco Beautiful, sfbeautiful.org. Poster design by John Keating.