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Mistaking Water
Hemlock for Parsley

by Arthur Sze

Mistaking water hemlock for parsley,
I die two hours
later in the hospital;
or I turn the shish kebab on the hibachi,
and reel, crash
to the floor, die of a ruptured aorta.

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Poem of the WeekArthur Sze

Arthur Sze is the author of eight poetry collections, including The Redshifting Web and The Ginkgo Light (Copper Canyon Press, 2009), and the recipient of several awards, including a Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, a Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, and an American Book Award. Sze lives in Santa Fe and is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Poems of the Week: 2009-2010

Poems of the Week: 2009-2010

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