FIVE POEMS by NORA SMITH

A POEM IN WHICH THE “YOU” IS THE SAME “YOU” OF “IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY” BY SHERYL CROW; MY IMPROV TEACHER TELLS ME: SOMETIMES THE EASIEST CHOICE IS TO MAKE THINGS WORSE; ODE TO TRIDENT; AT UNCLE KEN’S FUNERAL, ELIZABETH AND I BEGIN PLANNING OUR OWN; THE ARCHER