Fog
Vi Khi Nao
the sun drops his knee on fog
a diurnal genuflection that
explains the lack of clarity in the prayer’s thought
when god prays to himself
using the fog’s opaque cushion
we know god is a child
who pretends to pray
because in the midst of his holy make-believe childhood
he is a beautiful version of daffodil twirling in dew
About this poem
“I wrote this poem on a blue Royal typewriter as a train was lumbering its way through a light fog. For an entire year, I wondered why God kept appearing in my writing.” – Vi Khi Nao
About Vi Khi Nao
Vi Khi Nao is the author of “The Old Philosopher” (Nightboat Books, 2016). She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit, mission-driven organization, whose aim is to make poetry available to a wider audience. Email The Academy at poem-a-day@poets.org.
(c) 2016 Vi Khi Nao. Originally published by the Academy of American Poets, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
