Textures by Jared Carter

             TEXTURES

At times the fabric shows itself,
          as though up close—
A linen swatch, scraps from a shelf
          of silk, or those

Long scarves made of the lightest wool,
          that with a touch
Can wrap around, yet never pull
          or press. For such

Affinity invokes, like wings
          against the air,
What elevates but does not cling
          to what is there.

Jared Carter’s most recent collection, The Land Itself, is from Monongahela Books in West Virginia. His Darkened Rooms of Summer: New and Selected Poems, with an introduction by Ted Kooser, was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2014. A recipient of several literary awards and fellowships, Carter is from the state of Indiana in the U.S.

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