Mark Danowsky
Mark Danowsky is Editor-in-Chief of ONE ART: a journal of poetry and Poetry Craft Essays Editor for Cleaver Magazine. He is the author of several short poetry books. His latest poetry collection is Take Care (Moon Tide Press, 2025).
Limerence
Newness ends
Though we defy and deny
Such nonsense
We want to believe
The good red Taylor speaks of
Might keep on keeping on
You’ve learned this lesson before—
Tout lasse, tout casse, tout passe
Nothing lasts, everything breaks, everything passes
Not this time you insist
To yourself in the dark
Spinning on sweet nothings
What could be so beautiful
As that which flames out
Like light from a long-gone star
This beating in your chest
These fluttering butterflies
Glorious ever-fleeting sip of ephemeral
